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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Cyrus Pace was 38 years old when he became executive director of the Jefferson Center, a former Roanoke high school that was repurposed into a performance venue, a headquarters for numerous nonprofits, and host of music programs for young people. Now, 15 years later, Pace is leaving the Jefferson Center for a new job leading the Academy Center of the Arts, a historic theater in downtown Lynchburg. -
Data centers continue to pop up across Virginia. And residents in search of information are finding these projects are shrouded in secrecy. Often, that's because of non-disclosure agreements. -
Two western Virginia community colleges are partnering to train more students to drive tractor trailer trucks. The presidents of Virginia Western and Mountain Gateway community colleges signed an agreement this morning to collaborate on a program to help students earn their commercial driver's licenses. -
Roanoke hosted a grand opening of a first-of-its-kind-in-the-world facility on Thursday. -
Most teenagers fantasize at some point about becoming a recording star. Now, some Roanoke Valley middle and high schoolers are getting a hands-on lesson in how to produce songs. -
Jim and Augustine Smith say they don't want financial challenges to block regional medical students from pursuing their degrees in Roanoke. -
The Trump administration spent its first year remaking federal policy. That includes funding for programs to help unsheltered people. -
Roanoke's Harrison Museum of African American Culture will formally reopen this weekend after a year of moving its collections to its new home in Melrose Plaza. -
Two Roanoke institutions will pay tribute next month to a pioneering filmmaker who for three years operated out of the historic Gainsboro neighborhood, and who left a lasting mark on movies. -
Franklin County residents and the local branch NAACP unveiled a monument Sunday to 70 Black men from the county who fought for the United States Colored Troops. Organizers say the monument helps tell a fuller story of the county's participation in the Civil War.
