Jose Ortiz faces multiple charges after police say he fled a traffic stop Sunday when an officer was preparing to charge him with DUI.
- Jane Sathe
The University of Virginia's University Singers, the Oratorio Society of Virginia and the Virginia Consort plan to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with music.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jail inmate deaths in Virginia last year climbed to the highest level since 2021, up more than 20% to 58.
- JORGEN VIK
New projections say the the Social Security Trust Fund will run out in 2032. If you're younger than 60, your future benefits likely won't be as advertised.
- Jane Sathe
The Virginia Chili, Blues & Brews Festival plans to take over downtown Waynesboro this weekend. Funds raised will support the Wayne Theatre.
- KIM TAYLOR
Small businesses don’t experience government one bill at a time. We experience it all at once. Gov. Abigail Spanberger needs to learn this.
- Jane Sathe
There are few fans as dedicated as the Grateful Dead's. Tribute band Dark Star Orchestra knows this and plans to make Charlottesville Dead Heads proud this Thursday.
Gordonsville is under a boil-water advisory after multiple water main breaks were reported at the town's waterworks Tuesday.
In a rare moment of praise for license plate-reading cameras in Virginia, Gordonsville police say the technology helped catch a car thief last week.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has tapped a Medicare official to lead a team focused on modernizing state government, improving systems and saving money.
Virginia has appropriated $1 million in its new budget to help fund a 9/11 Pentagon Memorial Visitor Education Center.
Dominion Energy’s forecasts for fuel and purchased power costs have been falling short for years, even as its Virginia customer bills keep rising.
Louisa County native and educator Princess Moss has been elected president of the National Education Association, America's largest teachers union.
New details have emerged about how the gunman broke into Westwood Hills Elementary in Waynesboro last week before shooting a staffer and killing himself.
- PATRICK HITE The News Leader
New details have emerged about how the gunman broke into Westwood Hills Elementary in Waynesboro last week before shooting a staffer and killing himself.
- MONIQUE CALELLO The News Leader
Artist and W&L professor Niloofar Gholamrezaei's new exhibition in Staunton connects an ancient Persian epic to today's conflict in modern Iran.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has chosen Daniel Young, a Hampton Roads native, UVa alumnus and veteran fraud investigator the state's new inspector general.
- ANNA BRYSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
On Thursday, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger kicked off the first meeting of her new Commission on Unlocking Housing Production.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia is likely to lose 18,050 jobs this year, according to UVa's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. It's actually a modest improvement in the outlook.
- Jane Sathe
In honor of the nation's 250th anniversary, the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival this year is putting American music in the spotlight.
- MARLENE A. CONDON
American lawmakers are considering making daylight saving time year-around. This would have a serious impact on our bodies, our minds and our well-beings.
- ELI LERDAU The Daily Progress
There's no question the Smurfit Westrock paper mill is polluting the small town of Covington, Virginia. The question is why isn't anyone doing anything about it.
- Heather Price Ives
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is looking into the Greene County Sheriff's Office's lucrative partnership with ICE, and the sheriff's office is fighting back.
- ANNA BRYSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
The owner of Lazy Cove Campground in Penhook must pay two families $800,000 after evicting them because of their race.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott has been silent on Florida-based NextEra Energy's plan to merge with Virginia's Dominion Energy. Until now.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia consumers aren't happy about their financial outlook, as wages struggle to keep up with rising prices for fuel and groceries.