Hospitals statewide are seeing an uptick in respiratory illnesses, especially among young children. Some pediatric units are full or close to full weeks before the typical...
• Gov. Glenn Youngkin didn’t back down from a controversial stump-speech comment he made about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. “There’s no room...
The University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and Norfolk State University are among the dozens of schools in the Commonwealth that have changed their policies...
Washington Gas has been emailing its Virginia customers this month to offer them rebates if they buy new gas appliances, including home heating equipment (up to...
Utility regulators met state legal requirements in approving a charge added to Dominion Energy Virginia bills to pay for participation in a regional carbon market, the...
• The new school policies Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration proposed for transgender students won’t take effect until at least late next month, a delay caused by public...
Over 30,000 applications were submitted for Virginia’s first elk hunt lottery, generating more than half a million dollars, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources....
When Candace Blue became part of the club no parent wants to join, she faced a stark choice: Totally shut down following the shooting death of...
WASHINGTON — Republicans are eyeing the debt limit, and government funding deadlines as a way to force Democrats to the negotiating table for spending cuts should...
• The state inspector general’s office says it will investigate how Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s political ad firm was hired to make a tourism ad that featured the...
The Virginia Saltwater Sportfishing Association is calling on the governor and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to halt menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay, this time...
Emily Withnall caught COVID-19 from her teenager in July 2020. The 40-year-old has suffered from debilitating fatigue, spinal pain, and heart palpitations in the past...
A Richmond-area printing company acknowledged that it was partly responsible for errors that caused roughly 60,000 Virginians to get incorrect voter notices ahead of the...
• Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith resigned after months of intense scrutiny over whether he embellished details of an alleged Fourth of July mass shooting plot he...
The Eastern Shore and the Shenandoah Valley have few things in common, but both regions of the state share a deep desire to turn old...
In its effort to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is constructing five new solar projects, four of which will be in...
WASHINGTON — Roughly 9.4 million Americans have already voted in the midterm elections, casting a combination of in-person early votes and mail-in ballots, according to data...
Metro officials will be able to put more trains into service as passenger demand grows and rail cars are increasingly overpacked. On Tuesday, the transit agency...
• A Roanoke city councilman is facing scrutiny for attempting to use money from a state gun violence prevention grant to pay for a trip...
The start of September may signify to some that fall is coming, but Mike Ortmeier looks forward to a different type of fall – the...
Flowerdew Hundred Creek weaves through a forested landscape in Prince George County on the south bank of the James River. Surrounded by land often examined...
• Around 60,000 Virginia residents got incorrect voter notices in the mail, an issue state election officials attributed partly to an error by a private printing company.—Washington...
The Supreme Court of Virginia handed down two decisions Thursday to support greater transparency in public access to court hearings and information on government employees. Megan...
Mountain Valley Pipeline has decided to withdraw eminent domain actions against land in North Carolina the company sought for its Southgate extension, a 75-mile offshoot...
The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol sent a subpoena Friday to former President Donald Trump, demanding documents and testimony...
On Thursday, the Virginia Board of Education accepted a request from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration to delay the review of the state’s new history and...
A former aide to Virginia Del. Marie March, R-Floyd, has filed a civil lawsuit against her onetime boss, claiming March asked her to do private work...
• An Afghan couple is accusing a Marine who previously lived in Virginia of abducting a baby girl they’re related to and were raising after her...
The Virginia law widely cited by Republicans as the foundation for their push to empower parents began with a legal dispute about when sperm donors should...
A photograph shows a stretch of residential properties at Windmill Point in Lancaster County that is completely flooded to the point of appearing to be marshlands....
