At its regular 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday, Danville’s city council will consider participating in a proposed nationwide settlement agreement of opioid-related claims. Participation would allow the city to ...

Amtrak ridership in Virginia is up; Roanoke route grows fastest. Giles County sets river cleanup for Sept. 6. Youngkin announces state board appointments.

Is there a book you read in your youth that opened your eyes or minds to something very different from what you heard and learned at home, school or church?

The city’s Warming Center provides shelter during the cold winter months, but Martinsville’s unhoused residents have nowhere to go when temperatures soar.

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that $40 million from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program will go toward development in 13 Virginia localities and fund a new program to speed up such work at other ...

Russell County leaders are considering increasing tax relief for older residents and the disabled, who are “bearing an extraordinary tax burden,” according to the proposed ordinance.

The rezonings eliminated single-family-only neighborhoods in the city and allowed for greater building density in residential neighborhoods.

The Foundation’s Keys to Success program has introduced those values to hundreds of high schools across Southwest Virginia, offering a curriculum centered on character development, goal-setting and ...

Danville City Council member Lee Vogler was attacked and set on fire Wednesday. He was expected to undergo his first surgery Friday, according to a statement from his wife.

The New River Valley Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities will be the first academic-year governor’s school to open in more than 15 years. It will initially serve high school students ...

When Major League Baseball needs a field built for a special location, be it the “Field of Dreams” or this weekend’s game at the Bristol Motor Speedway, it turns to Murray Cook, ...