From hard-hitting to heartwarming, Hometown Stories will guide you through the Blue Ridge Mountains and into the heart of Virginia. Hometown Stories is a production of WDBJ7-TV based in Roanoke, Virginia.
Roanoke writer Beth Macy has seen her bestselling book Dopesick turned into a Hulu miniseries staring Michael Keaton. In this episode of Hometown Stor...
In the mid 1900s, polio outbreaks hit some communities hard - driving families to isolation and creative solutions to keep their children safe. Now, i...
In the summer of 1950, the rural community of Wythe County, Virginia had the highest number of polio cases per capita of anywhere in the country. We l...
What does it take to start your day? Opinions are as varied as there are ways to prepare your cuppa joe. September 29th is National Coffee Day. Our E...
“We are literally made of star stuff” The Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia is home to the largest fully steerable telescope in the world. From ...
Life after a stroke may be a lonely journey for the Rudder family. But by the numbers, they certainly aren’t alone. People living in Appalachia face ...
Life after a stroke may be a lonely journey for the Rudder family. But by the numbers, they certainly aren’t alone. People living in Appalachia face ...
The Department of Health and Human Services is making it easier for more health care providers to prescribe a drug that could help people suffering fr...
The Department of Health and Human Services is making it easier for more health care providers to prescribe a drug that could help people suffering fr...
We invited Christine Baldwin, a peer recovery specialist from the Roanoke Valley's Hope Initiative, and Dr. Robert Trestman - the Chair of Psychiatry ...