The group, which will be announced in Richmond on Wednesday, is modeled after the Virginia Higher Education Business Council.

Privateers were an important component of the American war effort. They were something akin to government-sanctioned pirates — armed vessels that chased down and confiscated the cargo of civilian ...

Williams Ordinary in Prince William County supposedly was frequented by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, according to a local history.

The Franklin County Government Center in Rocky Mount. Photo by Tad Dickens. The Franklin County Board of Supervisors will have only one new face after residents reelected incumbents Mike Carter and ...

Thomas Freely, undergraduate student representative to the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, and board Rector John Rocovich during a listening session for students last week. Photo by Abby Steketee.

Legal circumstances forced Democrats to argue that early voting wasn’t part of the election. The court, in a conservative ruling, details how the roots of early voting go back to Colonial ...

The Lynchburg City Council is set to move one step closer to approving the city’s 2027 fiscal year spending plan at its meeting Tuesday, after some budget tweaks were introduced ...

On Tuesday, the city council will discuss the city manager’s proposed budget, which includes an increase in the real estate tax rate and a city employee hiring freeze.

At its regular meeting at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Danville’s Industrial Development Authority is set to approve two agreements for work at the Coleman site, a city-owned industrial park. First, the IDA ...

Mayor Joe Cobb said a third year of cuts is not out of the question.

Roanoke Councilwoman Evelyn Powers, on the far right, shared some thoughts before the council approved the next city budget Monday. "This budget should not be treated as a static, a fixed budget, but ...

In some ways, Virginia has been independent since the night last June when our royal governor, Lord Dunmore, slipped out of Williamsburg and boarded a British naval vessel. For those who have heard ...