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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A group of activists will hold a rally in Richmond to protest last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Virginia families have until the end of the month to enroll in the state's prepaid college tuition program for this year ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Virginia is meeting federal projections for enrollment in the Obama administration's health care program but still has a ways to go ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Senate has passed Republican-backed legislation to repeal taxpayer funding for political conventions. Instead, $126 million over the coming decade will go ...

Norfolk Southern's freight volume is down 3% for the year so far compared to last year at this time -- but railroad officials say that ...

8th District Delegate Greg Habeeb says S-O-L and ethics reforms, changes that could mean more judges and transportation funding formulas benefited from bills passed in ...

The Town of Boones Mill has announced a matching grant opportunity that will help move the historic train depot before it is demolished by Norfolk-Southern ...

Its a small business story with a happy ending ... a popular coffee shop that was slated to close a month ago stays open as ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is not entitled to more details on what they claim he did wrong ...

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) _ Police in Danville are investigating the theft of more than $15,000 worth of manhole covers that were stolen from various parts ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has awarded five grants for alcohol education and enforcement initiatives on Virginia college and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ More than 1 million Virginians have signed up to participate in a statewide tornado drill. The drill set for 9:45 a.m ...

TAZEWELL, Va. (AP) _ Tazewell County has agreed to allow the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority to operate the county's portion of a new trail system ...

A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery than runs on sugar, and these batteries may soon be able to power everything from flashlights ...

AirBnb started in California's Silicon Valley - through a website people rent out rooms in their homes to visitors passing through town. Roanoke City wants ...

From Roanoke County Fire & Rescue: Roanoke County Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to a reported residential structure fire in the 4500 block of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A federal appeals court has tentatively scheduled May arguments on Virginia's constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.   The 4th U.S. Circuit ...

Over the past few years dozens of publications have written about the Roanoke Valley and what it offers tourists. You can add the Sunday Boston ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality says the state is looking at the long-term health of the Dan ...

GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) _ Four gang-related cases linked to the death of a Waynesboro reserve police officer have been continued.   49-year-old Leslie Hope Casterlow and ...