Sen. Mark Warner has introduced legislation to more tightly regulate the use of AI, including tying data center tax breaks to environmental regulations.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gasoline prices rose above $4 a gallon in parts of Virginia this week, as the United States and Iran traded military blows over control of the Strait of Hormuz.
- MONIQUE CALELLO The News Leader
Ride With Pride, an Augusta County nonprofit that offers equine-assisted therapeutic activities for the disabled, is in desperate need of a new home.
- Eli Lerdau
Charlottesville's long-anticipated Shake Shack has welcomed high foot traffic and booming business in its first month.
- Hawes Spencer
Randall Fisher, a registered sex offender and resident of Orange, is in custody after an overnight stabbing near UVa's Observatory Hill Dining Room.
- Jane Sathe
The Virginia premiere of the Pete Seeger documentary "Down by the Riverside" is scheduled for Saturday at Charlottesville's Paramount Theater.
- ISABEL McLAIN and WOODY ROGERS
This legislative session in Virginia delivered major victories providing localities with tools to increase their supplies of affordable housing.
Charlottesville's Indie Short Film Series has scheduled 11 screenings at Vinegar Hill Theatre this Saturday, including three with local ties.
As families make lists of school supplies and last-minute summer plans, it's also time to take a moment to review students' vaccine and medical records.
A U.K.-based insurer has joined a federal lawsuit hoping to reclaim the $1.5 million it paid to cover damages after a 2025 crash at Charlottesville's airport.
Coming up, the "Always a Student" exhibition at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville, Lee Nixon's paintings at Arts Center in Orange and more.
Virginia's male student population has fallen off "a cliff" since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the state's Boys and Men Advisory Commission.
Whatever the final outcome of the Iran conflict, waiving the Jones Act was a mistake that shouldn't be repeated.
The Virginia Theatre Festival has canceled its season-ending performance of "Frida ... A Self-Portrait," citing "unexpected challenges."
- Jane Sathe
The Virginia Theatre Festival has canceled its season-ending performance of "Frida ... A Self-Portrait," citing "unexpected challenges."
- Hawes Spencer
Charlottesville's Kung Fu Tea is gone, but the debts its last owner accumulated are not.
- Hawes Spencer
Kezia Woods' interest in the Bonchon South Korean fried chicken chain started as a pregnancy craving. Now, as a new franchisee, she's hoping to feed others' cravings.
- ALEXIA PARTOUCHE The Roanoke Times
The Western Virginia Water Authority says it will not be providing the up to 11 million gallons a day Google has requested for its Botetourt County data center.
- ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is reportedly investigating the financially troubled, environmentally risky Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield County.
- JORGEN VIK
If you are intrigued by the idea of owning stock in an AI company, consider not investing more than you can afford to lose.
- KEITH EPPS The Free Lance–Star
Stafford woman Heather Denise Wilder faces multiple charges after her 2-month-old died after she left it in her car the entire workday.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Some four dozen people gathered on Richmond's Capitol Square on Monday to protest NextEra Energy’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy.
- Heather Price Ives
The town of Orange has named Patrick McAloon, owner of the Holladay House Inn, its new economic development manager.
- ROBERT J. HOLLAND
We can’t change our history, but we can try to understand it and learn from it.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
United Airlines plans to start nonstop daily flights from Charlottesville to Newark later this year.
- Eli Lerdau
The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation has awarded more than $200,000 grants to local nonprofits engaged in "movement building" work.