ROANOKE—Governor Ralph Northam announced that Virginia’s Framework for Addiction Analysis and Community Transformation (FAACT), a data-sharing platform designed to help the Commonwealth fight the opioid crisis,...
The Virginia Senior Alert has been cancelled. State troopers safely located Mr. Waheed on I-295 in Henrico County a short while ago. The Virginia State Police...
Virginia State Police Senior Trooper R. Aldrich responded to a report of a plane crash in Spotsylvania County. The crash occurred August 24, 2019 at 4:27...
HAMPTON—Governor Ralph Northam signed Executive Order Thirty-Nine, which establishes the Commission on African American History Education. The Commission is charged with reviewing Virginia’s history standards, and...
RICHMOND – Local, state and federal law enforcement are hopeful that a new website and $100,000 reward will generate renewed interest and additional information related to...
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA – A Winchester man, who in January 2019 committed an armed robbery at Martins Food in Winchester, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District...
HANOVER COUNTY (August 20, 2019) – Ryan Thomas Pick, 41, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was convicted yesterday by a Hanover County jury of two counts of Using...
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today (August 20, 2019) addressed a Joint Meeting of the Senate Finance, House Appropriations, and House Finance Committees where he discussed the state...
Richmond, VA – A total of 13 individuals and organizations across Virginia have been named to the 2019 No Kid Hungry Summer Hero Hall of Fame,...
RICHMOND—Today, (August 19, 2019) Governor Ralph Northam sent a letter to members of the Virginia State Crime Commission in advance of their hearing on legislation introduced...
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady in July at 2.9 percent, which equals the rate from a year ago....
As a result of extensive investigative efforts, the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Culpeper Field Office has been able to reclaim more than...
RICHMOND (August 14, 2019) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced today that he has led a coalition of four states to shut down a deceptive...
RICHMOND – Effective Aug. 10, 2019, Virginia State Police Major Tricia W. Powers joins the Department’s Executive Staff as a Deputy Director of the Bureau of...
RICHMOND – The Virginia State Police (VSP) Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s (BCI) Richmond Field Office continues to pursue new leads and tips connected to the 1999...
LEXINGTON, Va. – The Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT)...
Governor Ralph Northam announced that more than 300,000 Virginia adults are enrolled in health coverage and receiving medical services since the Commonwealth expanded its Medicaid program....
RICHMOND (July 30, 2019) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring is warning Virginia consumers who could be affected by Capital One’s massive data breach to remain...
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam announced the dates for the upcoming 2019 Virginia Sales Tax Holiday, which begins on Friday, August 2, 2019, at 12:01 a.m. and ends...
NORFOLK—Governor Ralph Northam signed Executive Directive Four, which establishes the Executive Leadership Team on School Readiness. The Team will be responsible for making recommendations that unify...
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA – A federal jury in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg today (July 26th) convicted Gary Hassler, the former head nurse at Rockbridge Regional Jail,...
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that more than 50,000 military veterans have been hired in Virginia’s civilian workforce through the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program since...
RICHMOND (July 25, 2019)— Earlier this week, Attorney General Herring sat down with the Washington Post to talk about the role pharmaceutical companies had in creating...
NEWPORT NEWS — Governor Ralph Northam announced that he has identified state resources to support education and outreach efforts by the Virginia Complete Count Commission to...
RICHMOND (July 23, 2019)—Attorney General Mark R. Herring reemphasized the need for the General Assembly to pass legislation to address hate crimes and white supremacist violence...
RICHMOND (July 23, 2019) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined a group of 18 state attorneys general to defend the ability of states like...
RICHMOND (July 22, 2019) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring today announced that a coalition of 50 attorneys general, comprising 48 states, the District of Columbia,...
RICHMOND (July 19, 2019)—As Virginia continues to deal with extreme heat, Attorney General Mark R. Herring and his first-in-the-nation Animal Law Unit are reminding Virginians that...
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage point in June to 2.9 percent, which is 0.1 percentage point lower...
ROANOKE—During an event held at Carvins Cove Natural Reserve, Governor Northam today announced the creation of an to lead efforts to promote the outdoor recreation industry...