The only running Norfolk & Western Class J-611, known as the "Cadillac of steam," has come out of retirement and is traveling Virginia for America's 250th.
- David Velazquez
Albemarle County Public Schools Superintendent Matt Haas has resigned after two division employees were charged with multiple child sex crimes.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
There are now 83 confirmed cases of measles in Buckingham County, home to a large population of Amish whose vaccination rates are significantly lower than the general population.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
The war in Iran is certainly accelerating inflation in the U.S., but Virginia economists say corporate spending on AI isn't helping.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Only 1.1% of the nation’s jobs in the film industry are based in Virginia despite the millions the state spends to attract filmmakers, a new report has found.
- ETHAN HUNT The Roanoke Times
Former Virginia Tech Rector John Rocovich is suing Gov. Abigail Spanberger after she removed him this past May.
- SHAWN DUBRAVAC
Phone bans may feel like a victory for exhausted parents, but the data shows they barely budge learning.
Farm Aid is returning to Virginia for the first time in a decade. Joining founder Willie Nelson on stage in Virginia Beach will be Charlottesville's own Dave Matthews.
There’ll be a new two-year state budget by July 1, and it will look a lot like what the House and Senate have already done, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger says.
Virginia’s explosive economic growth now hinges on whether we have the vision and urgency to build the modern electric grid needed to power the next generation of jobs, technology and opportunity.
This November Virginians will be asked to vote on a constitutional amendment. But the ballot summary does not detail what the amendment will enshrine.
The Terri Allard Band is planning to present its first show in three years as part of the Rivanna Roots outdoor series at Charlottesville's Rivanna River Company.
Coming up, Eileen Butler's ocean-themed works on view at C'ville Arts, Fiber & Stitch Collective explores faces at the Create Gallery at InBio and more.
Melanie Lucero, John McGuire's Republican challenger in Virginia's 5th Congressional District, says the incumbent's popularity could lose him an easy election.
- David Velazquez
Melanie Lucero, John McGuire's Republican challenger in Virginia's 5th Congressional District, says the incumbent's popularity could lose him an easy election.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
Four FBI analysts and a supervisor in Virginia have lost their jobs over a memo raising concerns about "radical traditionalist Catholics."
- ANNA BRYSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Supreme Court of Virginia has appointed a three-judge panel to decide if multiple legal challenges to the state's new assault weapons ban should be consolidated.
- ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch
Hampden-Sydney College President Larry Stimpert plans to step down at the end of the spring 2027 semester.
- RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF
The Chuck Brown Band is among the first acts announced for this year's Richmond Folks Festival, which runs from Oct. 9 through 11.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
Albemarle County is inviting the public to weigh in on how it manages riparian buffers, the vegetated strips along waterways that defend against environmental damage.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
On its face, Virginia lawmakers and the governor are fighting over a $1.9 billion-a-year tax exemption for data centers. But that's just a battle in a larger war, political insiders say.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
Johnny Switzer has been named Albemarle County's new emergency management coordinator. He replaces the founder of the county Emergency Management Agency.
- LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times
A $7 million lawsuit alleges that staff at Western Virginia Regional Jail in Roanoke County dismissed the dire medical condition of a now-dead female inmate.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia’s decision to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative could boost Dominion Energy ratepayers’ bills up to 7.5% next year.
- ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gov. Abigail Spanberger is shaking up another college board, nominating four new members to Virginia Commonwealth University's.
- MARELEN A. CONDON
Recently, I was taken to task for suggesting that alien plants perform the same functions as our native plants. But plants function the same the world over.