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The addiction and mental health crisis continues to wreak havoc on families in communities across the country. We certainly see it in Virginia, where it impacts more than 150,000 residents and costs ...
Anthony Hamilton was one three graduates of a solar installation/electrical training program that took place in Lee and Wise Counties back in 2022 that Cardinal News ...
The Transco compressor station in Chatham. Photo by Grace Mamon. The natural gas pipeline developer The Williams Companies plans another pipeline expansion in Virginia, this time to run from ...
At the Bradley Free Clinic, patients fill exam rooms for medical, dental and behavioral health care. For 50 years, this safety-net clinic has served some of the Roanoke region’s most acutely ill and ...
A plastics recycling startup will invest $4.3 million and create 28 jobs in Pittsylvania County, the governor’s office announced Tuesday. Green Recycle USA LLC will turn industrial plastic waste into ...
The city hall building in Salem. Photo by Samantha Verrelli. On Monday, the Salem City Council will consider a first adoption of the FY26 budget, including considerations of tax rate changes and the ...
When the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, a state census revealed that in some parts of Augusta County, slavery was so commonplace that one in three households owned at least one enslaved Black person ...
Want more on Virginia’s population trends? We’ve collected all our demographic coverage in one place. We also have a March 26 podcast about migration trends in Virginia. Find it on our podcast page.
Midnight rides to save the Revolution make good stories. There’s Paul Revere, and, closer to home, Susanna Bolling, a Hopewell girl who may (or may not) have made a midnight ride to save Lafayette.
The U.S. Capitol. Photo by Dwayne Yancey. Something important happened last week that ought to become an issue in next year’s midterm congressional races, but probably won’t. The financial services ...
On the afternoon of April 7, three people showed up at the Natural Bridge Zoo to conduct a random inspection of the giraffes that the state had seized last year, but which remained at the zoo until ...