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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Many of us plan summer adventures to relax and unwind. But some have a different goal in mind. How about canoeing 80 days into the Canadian arctic? Virginia Tech junior Olivia Bledsoe did just that last summer. -
The U.S. Forest Service is considering closing dozens of research facilities across the country, including one in Blacksburg. The closure is part of a larger restructuring plan. -
Frost and freezing temperatures damaged vineyards across Virginia in April. Apple orchards and some berry crops were also affected. The damage is more severe this year because trees and vines began budding weeks earlier than normal. -
There’s a shortage of water plant operators nationwide, and that’s expected to grow as more workers retire. Virginia Tech has a week-long water operator training each June. -
Researchers across Appalachia are trying to better understand how survivors of Hurricane Helene are doing, years after their lives were uprooted by flooding. -
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Virginia Tech and the Southeastern Universities Research Association to operate the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News. -
Volvo may turn more of its assembly line in the New River Valley over to robots in the coming years. It’s a trend many manufacturing companies across the country are exploring. -
Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University are partnering on the purchase of a new genomic sequencing machine. Both universities say they can achieve more by sharing resources. -
The owners of the last remaining dairy in Tazewell County recently announced they’re closing their business. It’s one of many dairy farms across the Commonwealth that have closed in recent decades. -
A new species of dinosaur, nicknamed a “murder muppet,” was discovered by an undergraduate student at Virginia Tech. His research may change what scientists previously believed about early dinosaurs.
