Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., stopped in at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital Wednesday to meet with local law enforcement and first responders, area school superintendents, medical professionals and nonprofit leaders for a conversation about the opioid and fentanyl epidemic.
A former Virginia House of Delegates representative from Campbell County received bond Thursday morning after his arrest over the weekend.
“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
A Nelson County grand jury indicted a Maryland man Tuesday on aggravated murder of a law enforcement officer in connection with the June 2023 killing of a Wintergreen police officer.
Early this month, a neighbor ran his power mower over his non-existent grass. AAAGGGHHH!
Huffman started working at the library as the branch manager in 2014 almost at her ten year mark, Huffman announces her retirement.
Former Del. Matt Fariss, who represented Virginia’s 59th House district for a 12-year stint and left office in January after losing a re-election bid for a redistricted seat, was arrested Sunday on three pending charges in Campbell County and booked into the Amherst County Adult Detention Ce…
If you hate the sight of English ivy strangling oak trees or fire blight ruining apple trees, you are not alone.
Mornings are again filled with birdsong.
The House of Delegates and the state Senate have adjourned the 60-day legislative session. Here is a look at where key issues stand.
Let the rematch begin, voters in Lynchburg and surrounding counties decided at the ballot box during Super Tuesday.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin vows to fight for $2 billion arena project, calling its exclusion from the proposed budget a "colossal mistake."
The former representative of the 59th District in the Virginia House of Delegates was found not guilty of felony hit and run and malicious wounding Tuesday afternoon.
When I was a cub reporter in my 20s, earning next to nothing, I still scraped $25 together here and there to donate to environmental organizations and local food banks.
Liberty University faces a $14 million fine from the U.S. Department of Education as part of a settlement agreement with the university for “material and ongoing violations” of the Clery Act relating to its published crime statistics and treatment of sexual assault survivors, according to a …
Three days before Super Tuesday, former President Donald Trump made his pitch for Virginia votes on Saturday by telling a Richmond crowd that “we’re a nation in decline," where illegal immigration is a “a gushing wound.”
Bills to create a legal, regulated retail market for marijuana in Virginia are headed for a governor, Glenn Youngkin, who doesn’t like the idea.
A bluejay-like scream drew my attention to a pair of red-shouldered hawks as they landed on a branch behind our house.
Line of duty benefits Nelson County officials sought for private police departments in the wake of a Wintergreen officer's shooting death were left out of an amended state Senate bill on Feb. 22, but protections for campus police were included.
Democrats merged two bills by agreeing on when sales would begin, how to limit the size of retail shops and how to address Black residents disproportionately harmed by old laws.
The largest utility-scale solar farm project proposed to date in Amherst County in the Piney River area just next to the Nelson County border received the county board of supervisors’ unanimous vote of denial Tuesday.
Skunks are busy looking for love, which means we need to avoid hitting them with our vehicles.
The measure fails to repeat the success of last year's law that required pornography sites to verify a user's age.
The Virginia Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on Feb. 9 carried over for a year a bill that could place siting approval of large-scale solar farm operations away from localities and into the purview of the State Corporation Commission.
Area legislators got together Saturday morning for a mid-session update to bring their supporters up to speed on what they are working on in the General Assembly.
We heard them first. It’s hard to describe the 18 different vocalizations of sandhill cranes, but Aldo Leopold once wrote:
An Arrington lumber yard erupted in flames early Sunday morning, fire officials said.
The 8-year-old girl is expected to make a full recovery, the resort said.
It isn’t easy being an urban tree.
State health leaders say they have gotten to the bottom of the Office of EMS's financial crisis, in which money was improperly used for years. Law enforcement agencies are investigating.
The Virginia congressman's primary challenger John McGuire has cast doubt on Good's loyalty to the former president.
One was inside the Capitol, the other just outside. Both were determined to overturn the election.
The Knights of Columbus at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lovingston will be hosting a Ukraine Benefit to raise funds for Ukraine and Poland.
8th grader Nelson Middle School Student, Lailee Pollard won first place in the Central Region Virginia School Board Association Art Contest for her stippling pet portrait titled “Blue.”
The theme for the show is “Beauty and the Beast (but not the Disney kind)” and will showcase multiple artwork from different grades
3rd Grade A Alden Browning, Marcus Caputi, Rowan Brame, Bethanie Cash, Easton Coffey, Ally Adkins, Penelope Duff
Jagger is a little bit unpredictable. Sometimes he enjoys being petted. Sometimes he would rather hiss and hide. He needs a little time to warm up to you. He will probably never be a greet-you-at-the-door kinda guy. But he is sweet to those he knows ... well.
Candidates Gloria Witt, Paul Riley, Toby Johnson, and Adam Maddeny were in attendance for the candidate forum held in Madison Heights.
No grifters please
Jaxson is a great dog! He’s sweet, friendly, energetic and athletic. Jaxson is smart and really eager to please, which makes him fun to teach new tricks. He’s always happy to see people! He’s house trained and doesn’t leave gobs of dust bunnies in his wake.
The former representative of the 59th District in the Virginia House of Delegates was found not guilty of felony hit and run and malicious wounding Tuesday afternoon.
When I was a cub reporter in my 20s, earning next to nothing, I still scraped $25 together here and there to donate to environmental organizations and local food banks.
Liberty University faces a $14 million fine from the U.S. Department of Education as part of a settlement agreement with the university for “material and ongoing violations” of the Clery Act relating to its published crime statistics and treatment of sexual assault survivors, according to a …
Three days before Super Tuesday, former President Donald Trump made his pitch for Virginia votes on Saturday by telling a Richmond crowd that “we’re a nation in decline," where illegal immigration is a “a gushing wound.”
Bills to create a legal, regulated retail market for marijuana in Virginia are headed for a governor, Glenn Youngkin, who doesn’t like the idea.
A bluejay-like scream drew my attention to a pair of red-shouldered hawks as they landed on a branch behind our house.