Mason Adams
Roanoke ReporterMason Adams reports stories from the Roanoke Valley.
Mason has covered Blue Ridge communities since 2001 and western Virginia since 2003. He was born and grew up in Clifton Forge, Virginia, and worked as a wildlife biologist before shifting into journalism by freelancing for an alt-weekly.
He hosts Inside Appalachia for West Virginia Public Broadcasting and writes the Southeast Energy News digest for Canary Media.
Mason lives with his family in Floyd County, Virginia.
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The Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facility Authority has confirmed that Clearview Dynamics is evaluating a site in the Wood Haven Technology Park in Roanoke County for a data center. -
A Roanoke nonprofit that’s been serving unhoused people for 55 years is moving to a new location. In doing so, Roanoke Area Ministries is reinventing how it addresses homelessness. -
This week, Floyd County is hosting 30 artists who are spending the week outside, painting scenes in the Floyd Plein Air Biennial. -
Data center opponents in the Roanoke Valley are reacting to a vote late Friday afternoon by a regional industrial facilities board that represents six local governments. -
A board representing six localities in the Roanoke Valley voted Friday to enter into a purchase agreement with a company for land at Wood Haven Technology Park, which opponents say is an attempt to locate a data center there.
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Data center development is driving residents around Virginia to organize — and make full use of open government laws. -
Pickleball has exploded in popularity in recent years, attracting people for its friendliness and accessibility. And the number one player over 50, lives in Roanoke. -
For decades, Poage Farm stood out along U.S. 221 as a working farm, marking the region's agricultural history even as the area around it grew into an outskirt of the Roanoke metro area. But these days, the farm and its historic buildings are gone, scraped down to bare earth. -
Governor Abigail Spanberger was in Botetourt County Tuesday to speak with cattle ranchers and farmers about what’s happening in their industry right now. -
A 25-year-old is suing the city of Roanoke and its vice-mayor because he says he was denied the right to deliver a prayer at a city council meeting.
