Voters in Virginia and Nevada — both states where abortion is already legal through at least 24 weeks of pregnancy — are considering state constitutional amendments to create a right to abortion.

The Roanoke Valley is hosting Endurance Mountain Bike National Championships this week. The event is yet another feather in the cap for the region's cycling community. And for local mountain bikers, it’s just the latest summit in a decades-long uphill grind for respectability.

These fights aren’t happening in vacuum; last year Democrats picked up more than a dozen seats in the House of Delegates and swept every executive seat, running partly on a message of new limits on firearms.

Data shows Virginia has more than 17,000 unfilled registered nurse positions.

Virginia Tech communication professors are partnering with the CDC to help prevent diseases that ticks and mosquitoes can bring.

Last week, the Potomac River set a record when the water temperature reached 96 degrees. Extreme heat also hit Baltimore, and in both places, thousands of fish died.

This week, Arlington's prosecutor will be on Capitol Hill to testify in a closed-door hearing.

The company that owns The Kentucky Derby is looking to open two new gaming emporiums in Virginia. If approved by voters, one would be in Pulaski and the other in Amherst County.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline filed a letter Friday with the federal government, defending their plan to build a compressor station in Montgomery County.

When Virginia starts its legal marijuana market next July, a number of state criminal laws will change.