Gene Marrano is a news anchor and reporter for Virginia Technology Today. He has a wide range of experience covering local news and events in the Roanoke, Virginia area. His work has also been featured in publications such as TechBullion and The Roanoker.
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By: Gene Marrano
After two terms as the Mayor of Roanoke and many more years on council and the Roanoke City School Board, Sherman Lea Sr. is stepping down at the end of December. Mayor Lea joined WFIR live in studio this morning. His last two City Council meetings as mayor take place today. Hear the complete interview below:
By: Gene Marrano
HCA -VWCC grant G Marrano photo HCA Healthcare in Virginia, which operates LewisGale facilities locally, announced a $50,000 grant today at Virginia Western Community College, which will be employed to help expand access to non-nursing healthcare fields for students. The HCA grant from the Healthcare System could be duplicated at other community colleges in Virginia.
By: Gene Marrano
Shannon Dominguez and Michael Clark – VOICe G Marrano photo Earlier this week we told you about VOICe – the Valley Outdoor Infrastructure Committee – a grass roots Political Action Committee that wants Roanoke City Council to budget more funding for parks and other outdoor amenities. VOICe spokesperson Shannon Dominguez and former Roanoke City parks and rec director Michael Clark – a VOICe executive committee member – sat down with us recently. Here is more from them, during this “Longer Listen” segment, with WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
By: Gene Marrano
A life cut short is a tragedy in many ways but some good can come of that when the deceased is an organ donor. For the third straight year Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital has reached a somber but powerful milestone, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
By: Gene Marrano
From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar – With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and in the near future. Sponsored by the Roanoke Cultural Endowment.
Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley has cut the ribbon on completed project number 292, this time the renovation of a century-old house on Dale Avenue Southeast. The Dale Avenue Habitat property in the 1600 block was the 2024 "Women Build House," where most of those doing the sweat equity wer
By: Gene Marrano
The federal office and courthouse in downtown Roanoke now known as the Poff Building will soon be named for the late Rueben Lawson, a pioneering African-American civil rights attorney in Roanoke. Attorney John Fishwick Jr., worked with politicians on the renaming and today celebrated it being approv
By: Gene Marrano
Several high-profile tax delinquency charges brought against Roanoke eateries in recent months has also led those who collect money for the city to embark on a campaign to educate and communicate, as WFIR's Gene Marrano reports:
The recount requested by David Bowers has ended at the court house in downtown Roanoke and its now official – 45 days after Election Day, current Vice-Mayor Joe Cobb will be Roanoke City’s mayor as of next month, after recount proceedings that took more than 17 hours ended today with Cobb maintaining his lead over former Mayor Bowers.
By: Gene Marrano
Working more closely together to coordinate a “safety net,” for those experiencing homelessness in Roanoke is a good thing – but its also straining resources at the RAM House day shelter, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
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