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 YMCA at Virginia Tech has launched a new food pantry in Blacksburg, available to people with an EBT card. -
If you go outside after dark tonight, November 12th, you may be able to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sightings may be possible Thursday night, too. -
The Mountain Valley Pipeline is hoping to build a compressor station in Montgomery County. Some residents are worried about possible health and safety impacts. -
Pulaski County is suing the city of Radford over a revenue sharing agreement signed in 1978. At the core of the debate are several laws unique to the Commonwealth. -
The U.S. Forest Service has awarded a $240 million contract to Kiewit Corporation to rebuild the Virginia Creeper Trail. -
Virginia has an affordable housing shortage. Virginia Tech is partnering with Habitat for Humanity to figure out how to help build more homes quicker. -
On Saturday, the Health Wagon and the Appalachian School of Pharmacy will host a free health fair in Buchanan County. Cancer screenings and other preventative health procedures will be offered. -
A former strip mine may not seem to be the most likely place to find wildlife. But a new study from biologists at UVA Wise finds salamanders are breeding on some mine sites. -
The federal government will stop payments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients if the shutdown continues. Food bank volunteers in Southwest Virginia are mobilizing to help. -
Amid disruptions to SNAP, advocates warn there is uncertainty about how funding changes will affect schools' ability to pay for free meals.
