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 Virginia Tech Helmet lab recently released new ratings that rank how well hundreds of bike and football helmets protect against concussions. -
We’re in the dog days of summer, and for some families, it means juggling schedules to send kids to camp. As hectic as all this sometimes is, science backs up the importance of giving kids space to explore in nature. Radio IQ visited one summer camp in Southwest Virginia to hear how kids feel about time spent in nature. -
It’s estimated that 21 people in Southwest Virginia have been displaced after flooding over the weekend poured into homes, according to Russell County Emergency Management Coordinator Jess Powers. -
A group of volunteers in Southwest Virginia celebrated the dedication of a new home for one of the survivors of Hurricane Helene. It’s the final of 91 homes that the group has rebuilt in the Damascus area in the past nine months. -
The Mitchell’s satyr butterfly is the only butterfly in Virginia that’s federally listed as endangered, and scientists are working to preserve the few meadows where these elusive butterflies still exist. -
You may have heard that fire ants are on the move, and spreading in parts of Southside and Southwest Virginia. There’s another invasive ant that’s been in Virginia for nearly a century — called the Asian needle ant. They sting, and their numbers are growing. -
Business owners who suffered economic losses from flooding and high winds last fall during Hurricane Helene have until July 1st to apply for assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). -
When actor Gene Hackman and his wife died earlier this year, autopsies revealed that he died of heart failure, a week after his wife died of hantavirus. A new study finds Virginia to be among the states where cases of hantavirus have increased. -
Juneteenth, observed on June 19th, is a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Historic Smithfield in Blacksburg honored Juneteenth by reading aloud the names of those who were enslaved at the plantation. -
The country celebrates Juneteenth this week—a holiday that marks the end of slavery after the Civil War. The Calfee Community and Cultural Center in Pulaski is hosting a celebration Friday evening, part of an ongoing project to help share the stories about the Black community in the New River Valley.
