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?

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

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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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

Gov. Youngkin wants a different Republican candidate for lieutenant governor but doesn’t have a way to make that happen. Here’s where things stand.

The game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds helps illustrate how Southwest Virginia looks in a different direction, in sports as well as the economy.

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, ...

David Ramadan, Ed.D. served in the Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican representing Loudoun County from 2012 to 2016.