Mike and Sherry Smith stand outside of their mobile home on Orange Street in Richlands, Virginia. In February, a winter storm blew through the region and brought widespread flooding. About three feet ...

The Museum Building's original structure dates to the early 1800s. Originally, it housed the law office of James Breckenridge. Photo by Dwayne Yancey. Fincastle Mayor Mary Bess Smith, among others in ...

Appalachian Power has canceled plans to build a battery energy storage system at two sites in Southwest Virginia, one in Smyth County (top yellow marker) and one in Grayson County (bottom yellow ...

Policy and safety updates will be at the top of the agenda for the school board in Martinsville when it meets Monday. Photo by Dean-Paul Stephens. The Martinsville City School Board will meet at 6 p.m ...

Council is set to hold two special meetings Monday morning, at 9:30 a.m. and at 10 a.m. Both will take place in the council chamber at city hall, 900 Church St. The 9:30 meeting agenda states simply ...

Former Roanoke state Sen. Granger Macfarlane has died. He was 95. A Democrat, Macfarlane served two terms in the 1980s and early 1990s. In Richmond, Macfarlane earned a reputation as an ...

To some, this is part of the Trump administration’s aggressive push to bring academia to heel. To others, this is simply a sign that he’s serious about fulfilling a campaign promise to ...

Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax County, says if Democrats win the fall elections, they could install a new majority on UVa’s governing board.

Like it or not, there’s only one form of energy we can get onto the grid quickly. The Big Beautiful Bill would shut that down in favor of energy that takes longer to develop.

The state appropriated $6 million in 2022 for a museum in Botetourt, but it’s taken until now to find the local match — and a place to put the facility.

Fort A.P. Hill was once named after a Confederate general. Now it’s named after three Union soldiers whose surnames are Anderson, Pinn and Hill.

Democrats hold a statewide primary Tuesday to pick nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Virginia also has ...