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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New laws take effect in Virginia next month with the intent to develop more clean energy across the commonwealth, particularly solar and battery storage. -
For the first time, Google hosted a public open house about its proposed data center in Botetourt County. -
Criticism of the organization that operates the power grid in Virginia and 12 other states, in addition to Washington, DC, has grown as electricity prices rise. -
RINGANA will set up its U. S. headquarters in Roanoke, creating 435 jobs. -
Roanoke's LGBTQ community is celebrating Pride Month, with a Roanoke Queer History Bar Crawl today and the sixth annual Queer Community Picnic next Tuesday. -
A new state study says rural hospitals are facing growing cutbacks and financial distress. And thirteen face such dire circumstances that they're in danger of closing. -
Construction is underway on Rocky Forge, a nearly 80 megawatt wind farm on North Mountain. Government officials and community boosters gathered with Apex Clean Energy and its contractors to sign a 254-foot wind turbine blade. -
The International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference first gathered in 1968 in Belgium. Since then, it’s convened 20 times, including three times in the United States: Boston in 1982, Little Rock, Arkansas, in 2000. And this week... in Roanoke. -
Appalachian Power is planning to upgrade its grid infrastructure in Botetourt County for a Google data center. -
Dr. Richard Cole is launching a new rural health clinic in Stuart.
