Democrats hold strong campaign finance leads in many races across Virginia this year, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.

Then, Wednesday morning, things appeared to get worse: Virginia Commonwealth University released a poll — the first since the June 17 primary — that showed Democrats leading all three statewide races, ...

Roanoke expresses concerns over Carvins Cove water loss and that the city is “giving away” a key asset. Botetourt says a multimillion-dollar plan to address the issue is already in ...

The electric utility, which has about 540,000 customers in Western Virginia, says its upgrades will reduce outages, improve security and better prepare the grid for future advanced technologies.

Flooding, gusty winds and dangerous lightning for some, a few distant rumbles and maybe sprinkles in the dust for others.

State Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax County, was removed as chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and removed altogether from the Senate Rules Committee on Thursday in a rare mid-session ...

The faculty want “shared governance.” There’s nothing in state law that mandates that, though. What we have is a culture clash between a liberal faculty and a conservative ...

Some residents who attended Tuesday’s public meeting raised worries about traffic and vandalism. Others said the trail will boost tourism and provide more access to nature.

Patrick Henry will never be forgotten — “Liberty or Death” ensures that — but he’s less remembered than his peers who became president, partly because he never served in that office, and also because ...

The city had successfully sought state legislation that would have allowed it to gain control of the burned-out property and sell it to a developer.

The Lynchburg City Council will not meet again until August. In the meantime, information sessions on city changes fill the calendar.

The former Harvey Colored School sat forgotten in the woods after integration, until former student Annie Wilson Mosby relocated and restored it.