Roanoke-based Good Samaritan Hospice says its new Center for Caring on Cove Road northwest that expects to provide in-patient services by late summer includes "serene design elements" - as they showed WFIR during an exclusive tour yesterday. More from Gene Marrano:
It was a surprise announcement made at a public meeting several weeks ago - former Roanoke City Councilman and lifelong environmentalist Rupert Cutler, who also worked in the Jimmy Carter White House, was named Roanoke's 2023 Citizen of the Year. Cutler then sat down with WFIR senior reporter and anchor Gene Marrano, to talk about
Roanoke City made it official yesterday with a news release, but last week they surprised former Roanoke City Council member Rupert Cutler at a public meeting by naming him its 2023 Citizen of the Year. He spoke with WFIR yesterday about that award - and his life, as Gene Marrano reports:
Earlier this week on National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Governor Youngkin spoke at a public event about a 42 pound fentanyl seizure made in the Commonwealth. Meanwhile Virginia's Attorney General tells WFIR that the battle goes on, as Gene Marrano reports: