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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:

Attic Productions cast, crew and director deliver a fine show.

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:

October finds many seeking out a little ghoulish good fun, and Showtimers is no exception, with one weekend remaining for its current production, “Dracula Rides Again.”

Cast and crew were in top form for Wednesday’s dress rehearsal, as Showtimers prepared to open its only weekend of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.”

A busy calendar of live theater continues this month with Attic Productions’ presentation of “Welcome to Mitford,” which on Thursday began its second of two weekend runs.