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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The Mountain Valley Pipeline is seeing increasing opposition from residents, local officials and advocacy groups. -
The town of Pulaski is unveiling a new mural on Saturday, August 8th. The town was awarded a grant to paint the mural, though the status of another mural in Galax through the same project is uncertain. -
Radio IQ spoke with an expert at Virginia Tech to learn how drought may affect some of the chemicals in drinking water. -
The majority of Americans use some form of social media, according to the Pew Research Center. A team of researchers at Virginia Tech spent the past eight years trying to better understand how human behavior influences the version of reality we see online. -
Since the pandemic, preserving foods has been gaining renewed appeal, even drawing attention on social media. A food preservation conference planned next month in Wytheville has nearly sold out. -
A free health clinic in Southwest Virginia anticipates more people will need their help as changes to Medicaid are set to take effect over the coming years. -
Virginia’s most rare plant, the Peters Mountain Mallow, only lives on one mountainside in the world in the New River Valley along the West Virginia line. -
Big Spring Mill in Elliston first began operation in 1850. It closed nearly four years ago but has now reopened. -
Spotted Lanternflies are invasive insects that continue to spread throughout Virginia. State officials say the best way to slow their spread is to kill their favorite food source, tree of heaven. -
Virginia Tech communication professors are partnering with the CDC to help prevent diseases that ticks and mosquitoes can bring.
