Roxy Todd
New River Valley Reporter at WVTF-FM (Roanoke, VA)
New River Valley Reporter for @WVTFRADIOIQ. Tweets are my own opinion/ observations and don't necessary reflect my employer.
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3 days ago |
wvtf.org | Roxy Todd
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors met Tuesday and approved a three percent merit-based pay increase for staff and faculty, beginning in July. Graduate students will also see an increase to their living stipends next year. Leslie Orellana, a first-generation student about to graduate and the undergraduate representative to the board, told fellow board members her parents worked blue collar jobs after they immigrated to the United States.
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4 days ago |
wvtf.org | Roxy Todd
The Trump administration appears to have backtracked on an earlier decision to close more than 30 offices that enforce mine safety. Earlier this year, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) listed field offices across the country with the Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA, among government buildings that would have their leases terminated. A spokesperson with the Department of Labor confirmed, 34 of these field offices will remain open.
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1 week ago |
wvtf.org | Roxy Todd
The Radford Army Ammunition Plant is pushing back its completion date for a new incinerator that had been scheduled to be in operation by July. The Arsenal, as it’s commonly called, now expects to complete construction of the new facility by next June. The Radford Arsenal first announced plans to build a new energetic waste incinerator in 2018. Justine Barati is director of public affairs for the Army’s Joint Munitions Command, which oversees the Arsenal.
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1 week ago |
wvtf.org | Roxy Todd
Pulaski residents who played a role in the Civil Rights movement over 70 years ago are being honored at an event Saturday at New River Community College in Dublin, hosted by the Calfee Community & Cultural Center. In 1947, 24 families from the Black community in Pulaski filed a landmark civil rights case. They wanted the Pulaski school board to offer equal education for all children, regardless of their race.
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1 week ago |
wvtf.org | Roxy Todd
At least 183 federal research grants have been terminated or issued stop work orders across four Virginia Universities under the Trump administration. Funding for these grants represents more than $232 million. This number is about $60 million higher than what Radio IQ reported last week, after George Mason University released new information. That university says they are appealing the termination of eight federal grants.
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MVP says it hasn’t yet completed construction on their pipeline through WV and Va, and has set their new in-service target date to early June. The pipeline company had earlier planned to be in service by the end of this month. https://t.co/ystn5uHQ1n https://t.co/Tdu8G0kJw1
Earlier this month, a rare sighting of the Aurora Borealis was visible in Virginia and across the south. Will another sighting come anytime soon? Researcher says, it's possible. https://t.co/MSpP846rbu
150 years ago, American Chestnut trees provided food for people and animals throughout the eastern United States, as well as lumber. Then a fungus from Asia nearly wiped them out. Researchers have been working to bring them back. https://t.co/cW2w0Gq0km