Over the past two years, Marion Senior High School’s FFA team has earned state titles in competition and represented Virginia in national programs.
- ANNA BRYSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia Republicans are cautiously optimistic about a Tuesday ruling from the Supreme Court of Virginia that allows a lower court’s ruling blocking the certification of last week’s redistricting election to stand.
- ANNA BRYSON and DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Monday's arguments largely focused on two key issues: early voting and the scope of October's special session.
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Smyth County’s Commissioner of the Revenue is taking his office on the road.
- GREG MADIA The Daily Progress
Virginia football coach Tony Elliott's contract extension netted him a pay bump, according to the MOU of his deal, which was obtained via open records request. His assistant coaches had their contracts extended, too.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
On the eve of a closely watched Virginia Supreme Court hearing on redistricting, a Richmond judge dismissed a Republican bid to block Virginia from using new congressional maps.
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A 52-year-old man from Rocky Mount was sentenced last week in the July 27 shooting of a Franklin County High School basketball coach in Gretna.
Fewer Virginians were participating in the state's civilian labor force and more had lost their jobs, compared both to the previous month and a year earlier.
A lightning strike at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant on Tuesday morning caused a power outage and may have exposed two security workers to harmful vapors.
A judge ended a Spotsylvania manslaughter trial the same day it began, ruling prosecutors failed to prove criminal negligence in a 2022 compactor death.
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Babcock will be paid $1.15 million in base salary in Year 1 of his new job.
Stanley Smart, a junior at Benedictine Military School in Georgia, announced his verbal commitment to the Hokies in a ceremony at his high school on Tuesday afternoon.
Virginia baseball second baseman Joe Tiroly wasn't hitting as well as he wanted to earlier in the year, so he changed bats and that change has sparked his second-half surge.
No. 23 Virginia baseball snapped its three-game losing streak on Tuesday with a win over George Mason at Disharoon Park behind left-hander Max Stammel's strong start.
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Orange County’s Corks and Caps program earned two VADMO Virgo Awards, highlighting the county’s craft beverage industry and seasonal passport-style trail.
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Greene County Office of Emergency Services offers bottled water at 9845 Spotswood Trail for residents under a boil water advisory from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 21–22.
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Greene County Emergency Services has opened a bottled water site at 9845 Spotswood Trail in Stanardsville for boil advisory residents, open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 21–22.
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Madison County has prohibited open-air fires effective April 14, 2026, due to drought and wildfire risk, authorizing emergency management to reduce fire danger.
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