From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar - recent winner of the top Award for Public Excellence through radio journalism, by the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters - with a look at ...

Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced last week that the Norfolk & Western Class “A” No. 1218 steam engine – ...

Discover the Roaring Run Falls Trail near Roanoke, Virginia— an easy hike with a 30-foot waterfall, scenic streamside views ...

Photo courtesy of Liev Birman. A community effort is underway to preserve a historic piece of Roanoke’s Black history. Nearly a dozen people spoke at Monday’s Roanoke City Council meeting ...

Norfolk & Western Class A locomotive No. 1218, the 2-6-6-4 built by the railroad’s East End Shops in Roanoke in 1943, will be ...