Fred Echols

Danville

Producer and Reporter at WVTF-FM (Roanoke, VA)

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Cardinal Conversation: Searching for answers to SWVA cancer cases

3 days ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

State health officials are now investigating to determine whether a cancer cluster exists in Scott County. Emily Schabacher is covering the story for Cardinal News and she talked with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a non-profit, independent, online news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: Another battery storage system to call Danville home

1 week ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

Matt Busse is covering this story for Cardinal News and he spoke with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a nonprofit, independent, online news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: Fighting measles and medical misinformation

2 weeks ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

Now doctors in Southwest Virginia, many of whom have never seen a case of measles, are worrying that an outbreak in Tennessee could spread across the state line. Emily Schabacher is covering this story for Cardinal News. She spoke with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a non-profit, independent, online news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: Disaster aid delays

3 weeks ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management says it's received word from Washington that unspecified new review procedures will cause delays in the delivery of funds. Elizabeth Beyer with Cardinal News reported on this development and she spoke with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a non-profit, independent, online news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: Do data centers meet their financial expectations?

1 month ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

Cardinal News reporter Grace Mamon went to Northern Virginia to see whether data centers there have met financial expectations. She talked with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a non-profit, independent, online news organization covering Southside and Southwest Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: Virginia projects halted after federal funding omitted

1 month ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

The money would have helped to pay for things like road improvements, emergency communications systems, water quality projects and health care infrastructure. Elizabeth Beyer is one of a team of seven reporters at Cardinal News covering the story. Cardinal News is a non-profit, independent, online news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: What happens if the U.S. Department of Education closes?

1 month ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

Cardinal News education reporter Lisa Rowan has taken a look at what the department does and doesn't do, and she talked about it with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a nonprofit, independent, online news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: Trump tariffs and jobs in Virginia

1 month ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

National media outlets have identified places where jobs may be at risk from the tariffs, and they include many in Southwest and Southside Virginia. Dwayne Yancey with Cardinal News had studied the data and he talked about it with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a nonprofit, independent, online news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: The spread of data centers

1 month ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

Pittsylvania County has one data center already and supervisors will vote next month on a re-zoning proposal that would allow a second one. That project has run into stiff opposition. Grace Mamon has been covering the story for Cardinal News and she spoke with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a non-profit, independent, online news organization covering Southside and Southwest Virginia.
Cardinal Conversation: The struggles of volunteer fire and rescue services

2 months ago | wvtf.org | Fred Echols

Cardinal News reporter Elizabeth Beyer wrote about the challenges they're facing and she spoke with Fred Echols. Cardinal News is a non-profit, independent, online news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.