The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has backed away from a move that would have eliminated most of its Living-Learning Programs.

Virginians will have the chance to remove the ban from the state’s founding document and replace it with an affirmative right for same-sex couples to marry.

Shellfish farmers are working with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to better understand the looming issue.

Debt buyers are about to face new rules about what they need to prove in court.

Despite some much-needed rain recently, long-term drought conditions are expected to continue for much of Virginia for the foreseeable future. A gardening expert offers advice about how to keep plants alive amidst a changing climate.

Governor Spanberger's office says background checks for people who buy guns in private transactions in Virginia will resume immediately. The checks by Virginia State Police were stopped by court a ruling last October but re-authorized more than a month ago by the General Assembly. Despite that action by lawmakers, no background checks for private sales had been done until now. Elizabeth Beyer is covering this story for Cardinal News, and she talked about it with Fred Echols.

Dr. Richard Cole is launching a new rural health clinic in Stuart.

After 14 years of supervision, a court has ended a lawsuit against Virginia’s Department of Corrections. Women at the Fluvanna Correctional Center had sued, saying medical care there was so bad that it amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.

Much of the state got two to four inches of rain recently. But groundwater and deeper soil moisture remain much below normal with the hottest and often driest months of the year approaching.

"Pride is the daily practice of choosing visibility over silence,” the executive director of Virginia Pride said.