Hurricane Season begins June First, and emergency managers will be watching storms as they evolve. If forecasters think one will come ashore, officials will likely issue an evacuation order, but how much faith do people have in those orders? How far in advance should they be issued and by whom? Those are questions the University of Virginia hoped to answer by creating a database that uses tracking information from cell phones to analyze community response to hurricane warnings.

“Riverside, it's just as easy to find drugs in there as it is on the streets,” said Austin Wells who's been in and out of the facility for years.

The Supreme Court has declined to take up another appeal from a group of landowners challenging the use of eminent domain by developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

Youngkin took action to help a Confederate heritage group and frustrate supporters of contraception. In one of the most anticipated decisions, he vetoed a bill that would’ve allowed slot machine style games at convenience stores and truck stops.

A lawsuit over a Virginia prison inmate's death has raised broader questions about conditions at the lockup and newly obtained records are providing further insights. The Marion Correctional Treatment Center houses predominantly mentally ill offenders.

“When a blind person would be required to grieve it would be hard to do that without relying on another incarcerated person or the staff member they want to grieve about.”

The film, called Dorothy Gillespie: Courage, Independence and Color, has its Virginia premier at Roanoke’s Grandin Theatre Wednesday night followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and Gillespie’s family.

Don't ask Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell about a potential future special session about skill games. He'll respond by pointing out that the General Assembly never really actually adjourned.

The Virginia General Assembly has cut funding for the Health Wagon from the upcoming two-year budget. The action came after it was revealed the Southwestern Virginia free medical clinic is paying CEO Teresa Tyson more than $500,000 a year.Emily Schabacher with Cardinal News was first to report on the compensation package. She talked about it with Fred Echols.

Earlier this month, a rare sighting of the Aurora Borealis was visible in Virginia and across the south. Will another opportunity like this come again anytime soon? Roxy Todd interviewed a space science researcher to learn more.