Twenty years since roller derby first reached western Virginia, the sport continues to thrive in Roanoke. Twin Valleys Roller Derby holds games at the Berglund Center. And this summer the league won the Contenders Cup tournament in Dallas.

Justin Michael Wolfe ’s release on Monday marks the end of a complex legal saga that at one point had him just days away from an execution date.

Tickets for this year’s Virginia Film Festival go on sale October 2nd at noon, and there will be more than 120 movies and documentaries to consider.

The commission that oversees the Hotel Roanoke Conference Center is selling the facility to the Virginia Tech Foundation, which will then market the hotel and conference center to a third-party buyer.

It’s that time of year when birds are on the move, using the moon and stars to navigate. The use of outdoor lights by humans disorients them, and as many as a billion may die each year from exhaustion or crashing into buildings. Sandy Hausman reports on what bird lovers are asking the public to do.

As the weather gets cooler, some small animals will move inside, hoping to share quarters with people. Of course, most people want mice or rats out of their house. That’s prompted the Wildlife Center of Virginia to issue a plea – urging the public not to use glue traps.

While many attorneys left the Department of Justice in the wake of Trump taking office, a recruiter tells Radio IQ there’s still some left.

When it comes to international travel, Black Americans lag behind whites and Latinos. But for millennials and Gen-Z, the situation is changing.

Voters across Virginia are considering a new local sales tax to raise money for school construction, more than 40 localities have it on the ballot. But none of the big Northern Virginia jurisdictions are holding a local referendum on the topic.

Bears tend to be active this time of year as they’re scrounging for food, and two different threats could be making it more difficult for them to survive.