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Celebrate America’s harvest at Sinkland Farms this weekend
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – If you’re looking to celebrate the start of fall this weekend, Sinkland Farms in Christiansburg has you covered. The 35th annual Pumpkin Festival kicks off this weekend. The event offers pumpkin picking, hayrides, a corn maze, food, and live entertainment. Owner of Sinkland Farms, Susan Sink, said the festival has […]
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Academy Sports + Outdoors set to open brand-new store in Roanoke
Located on Towne Square Road in between Sweet Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt and Once Upon a Child. – Academy Sports and Outdoors is opening a brand-new store location in Roanoke on Towne Square Boulevard. This is the company’s 324th location, and they are excited to serve the community of Southwest Virginia. We spoke with Store Director Cole Duplantis about what a new location means for Roanoke.
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Roanoke Crowd Presses Lt. Gov. Hashmi Over Dominion-NextEra Merger
More than 70 people packed Roanoke's Harrison Museum of African American Culture on Thursday night to question Lieutenant Governor Ghazala Hashmi about a proposed $67 billion merger between Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy, according to WFXR. Dominion and Florida-based NextEra announced the all-stock deal in May, prompting Hashmi to launch...
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Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce announces 2026 Excellence in Business award winners
The Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated businesses, organizations and individuals making an impact across the Bedford area during its 87th annual gala Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Cedar Oaks Farm. Eight recipients received the chamber’s 2026 Excellence in Business Awards, which recognize achievement, leadership, innovation, service and contributions to the...
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Wellesley Professor, Roanoke native, and 'Electric Optimist' returns home to present his vision
A Roanoke native who now teaches about the environment wants to provide a little insight on his vision for a clean energy future. Jay Turner, now a professor of Environmental Studies at Wellesley College, returns to Patrick Henry High School to deliver an address Monday. At a time when four-dollar a gallon gas, data centers, artificial intelligence, and climate change are dominating the headlines, as a historian, he said it's useful to take a step back.
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Southwest Virginia Plane Pull to be held Saturday
ROANOKE, Va. – A fun tradition returns to the Roanoke-Blacksburg Airport, where teams will line up to pull a massive FedEx Cargo Jet. On top of showing off some Herculean strength, participants are aiming to raise $90,000 to help support Virginia’s Special Olympics Athletes. 10 News Photojournalist Greg...
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Roanoke Alumni Becomes Director of the Carter Family Fold
As of July 16, 2026, Roanoke alumni Ellen A. Stroud (Class of ‘95) became the new executive director of the Carter Family Fold. The Fold is a country and bluegrass music venue and historic center that was founded by Carter family member Janette Carter in 1976 and later became incorporated in 1979. The Carter Family themselves were pivotal to the diffusion of country music, as they were the pioneers of country music record-making out of the city of Bristol in the 1920’s. Their influence blossomed nation-wide, and their legacy continues to be preserved via the Fold.
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Contractor awarded bid for Eagle Rock collapse removal
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors approved $24,000 in funding to cleanup and remediate a collapsed building in Eagle Rock. The structure, located at 72 Railroad Avenue, partially collapsed in November 2023. The property owner requested assistance from the county to remove the building. According to...
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Roanoke city schools break new ground with solar + battery microgrids
Roanoke city public schools have been adding solar panels for years, and now the school system is becoming an early adapter of another technology: batteries. Since 2018, Roanoke city public schools have been using solar to cut energy bills while also saving money on roof refurbishment, a significant capital cost. By the time the school completes the third wave of installations this academic year, 29 different sites will be equipped with solar panels – including all but three schools. That represents about 9.3 megawatts of power, which is enough to offset 44 percent of the school system’s energy use. The shift is saving city schools money.
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Electra completes groundbreaking flights at commercial airport using helicopter-style instrument procedures
Electra today announced it successfully completed first-of-its-kind flights from a heliport on a commercial airport ramp at the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport. The operations showcased the breakthrough capabilities of Electra's fixed-wing Ultra Short aircraft to use vertical flight landing areas and helicopter-style instrument procedures to support reliable, affordable, and safe regional operations without adding traffic to congested airport runways.
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Lt. Gov. Hashmi hears energy bill concerns during Roanoke stop
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Rising power bills and concerns over a proposed energy merger were the focus of a stop in Roanoke as Lieutenant Governor Ghazala Hashmi continued her statewide listening tour. Residents voiced fears about what growing energy demands could mean for their wallets. Residents raise merger concerns. Inside...
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The Massive Fabric Warehouse In Virginia That Will Make Your Creative Dreams Come True
Some places earn their reputation quietly, through years of delivering exactly what they promise, and Fancy Gap Pottery & Fabric Outlet in Fancy Gap, Virginia has been doing exactly that for anyone willing to make the drive into the Blue Ridge Mountains. If your creative dreams involve fabric, and a...
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AccessU Celebrates Thirty Years in the Valley: Its CEO Cites “Revolution and Evolution” as Recipe for Success
A Roanoke-based creative firm with more than three-decades under its belt is giving up its recipe for success. Listen to the report below or read the full story:. AccessU – formerly known as Access Advertising and Public Relations – is a marketing and PR firm that got its start at Roanoke’s first small business incubator back in 1996. Since then, the company has pivoted to focus on higher education campaigns, and changed its name to match; it has started a sister brand, Access Unltd., to take care of legacy contracts; and it has received more than 450 awards – both nationally and statewide – recognizing its excellence.
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Social Security benefits expected to change in 2027: What people need to know
ROANOKE, Va. – If you receive Social Security, your monthly benefit is expected to change next year. That’s because Social Security benefits are adjusted each year for inflation through what’s known as a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. The 2026 COLA was 2.8%. The Social Security Administration says...