Roxy Todd
New River Valley Bureau ChiefRoxy Todd is Radio IQ's New River Valley Bureau Chief. She previously worked for West Virginia Public Broadcasting, where she was a reporter and producer for Inside Appalachia, WVPB’s weekly podcast and radio show heard on stations across central Appalachia. She won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for a story on the demands faced by small farmers in Appalachia. She also won a National PMJA Award for her story about the history of John Denver's song "Country Roads." Roxy's stories, ranging in topics from food deserts to foster care, have aired on NPR and Marketplace. Before working for WVPB, Roxy worked for Allegheny Mountain Radio in West Virginia as an AmeriCorps VISTA, where she created a multi-media project and radio series called “Traveling 219,” about history, culture and foodways along US Route 219. That project won a national award from the Association for State and Local History.
Roxy lives in Pulaski, Virginia with her husband, daughter, dog and cat.
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A national study looks at the economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations, including those in Blacksburg and Christiansburg. It’s the first time a community in the western part of Virginia was included in the report. -
The water company that supplies water to the Roanoke Valley has settled with a chemical company. Chemours has agreed to pay up to $12 million to help the Western Virginia Water Authority filter GenX from their reservoir.
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When Emory and Henry College was built in the 1800s, enslaved Black laborers did much of the work. Now, students at the college are working to memorialize and uncover the names of these workers.
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There are over a million acres in central Appalachia where the land has been altered by strip mining. A new study explores the impact this is having on wetlands in Southwest Virginia.
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Just before Thanksgiving, Republican Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania introduced an amendment to an appropriations bill. The amendment strips funding for a pending regulation that would help protect miners from getting black lung.
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The Virginia Commission on Youth met Monday and voted to recommend changes to the state’s foster care system, including a possible training academy for social service workers.
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There are several videos trending on social media, centered around an autumnal debate: whether to rake up your leaves, or keep them on the ground. Raking may help your lawn, but leaving your leaves can help some of the tiniest animals in your backyard.
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Disability Studies scholar at Virginia Tech is empowering disabled artists to tell their own storiesThe work of disabled artists and musicians doesn’t always get a spotlight. A music and creativity scholar at Virginia Tech, who is disabled herself, is hoping to change that.
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Thousands of kids are expected in Blacksburg Saturday for the annual Virginia Tech science festival.
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The Virginia Commission on Youth is considering recommending changes to the state’s foster care system. Some of their suggestions include more support for social service workers, as well as educational resources to help more foster care youth graduate from 4-year institutions.
