Growers and sellers of hemp products are challenging a new Virginia law, set to take effect Saturday, that they say would wreak havoc on their business.
- KEITH EPPS The Free Lance–Star
Spotsylvania County firefighter Mason Fercovic-Ortegel is dead after drowning in the waters of Lake Anna while boating with friends Thursday evening.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Virginia Retirement System didn't meet its own expectations for the past fiscal year, but still managed to earn a 12.1% return on its investments.
- NATALIE ANDERSON The Virginian-Pilot
Cleanup is underway in Portsmouth’s Hull Creek area a week after a sewer main break spilled more than 3 million gallons of wastewater.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
The nation’s main firefighters union has voted to censure Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger because of her veto of collective bargaining legislation.
- Jane Sathe
Two filmmaker cousins with roots in Nelson County plan to preview a new documentary about Hurricane Camille's impact on the county this Saturday.
- Hawes Spencer
Albemarle County school counselor Michael Swiney tried and failed to secure pretrial release this week. In doing so, new details of his case were heard in court.
Charlottesville is expected to appropriate $3 million to the Salvation Army, which is working on doubling the size and services of its homeless shelter in the city.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger is preparing to meet with budget committees next week to review Virginia's financial performance and spending commitments.
Monday night's thunderstorms knocked out power, felled trees, damaged fences and more at Charlottesville Albemarle Airport.
Coming up, felted textile works by Lindsay Heider Diamond at McGuffey Art Center, new exhibition by Sonja Carmichael at Kluge-Ruhe and more.
Charlottesville restaurater Michelle Moshier's Kilimanjaro climb is about more than summiting the mountain; it's a charity drive to help young patients fight cancer.
Kelsey Bagot, chair of the Virginia State Corporation Commission which plans to rule on the Dominion-NextEra merger, once worked for NextEra.
Virginia's hemp crackdown threatens longtime businesses and the people who rely on their products.
- CHARLIE JACKSON
Virginia's hemp crackdown threatens longtime businesses and the people who rely on their products.
- MARK J. ROZELL
Virginia's off-year elections respect the federalism principle that states and localities often have distinctive issues that need to be debated outside the national discourse.
- Hawes Spencer
Bryan Arias-Chicas, one of two Four Loko lotharios accused of plying a teenage girl with alcohol in Albemarle County before raping her, has pleaded guilty.
- David Velazquez
Forgoing its local nonprofit partners, the city of Charlottesville has opted to work with Central Arizona Shelter Services to construct a multimillion-dollar temporary shelter.
- LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times
Since June 5, the Virginia State Police has issued 7,548 civil citations for speeders in a 7-mile stretch of Interstate 81 thanks to license plate-reading cameras.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
CBD users and businesses say Virginia's new cannabis law accidentally makes the nonintoxicating product they rely upon illegal until next summer.
- Jane Sathe
Tickets are now on sale for the Foxfield Fall Races outside Charlottesville. The first of seven steeplechase races is scheduled to begin at noon Oct. 4.
- MONIQUE CALELLO The News Leader
After recent rainfall, Virginia officials are deescalating drought warnings in certain parts of the state.
- JORGEN VIK
It's becoming more common to make leveraged investments. But the more leverage you use, the more volatility works against you.
- ELI LERDAU The Daily Progress
As Pour Baker prepares to mark its three-month anniversary in Charlottesville, owner Cammy Jones is celebrating booming business and dreaming of bigger things.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
Coming up, Joyce Manor shares its latest music at the Southern Café, the Staunton Music Festival offers concerts at Blackfriars and more.
- Heather Price Ives
Former Greene County Supervisor Francis McGuigan's post-resignation lawsuit against his former colleagues has cost the county $20,000 which can't be recouped.