The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant, a silver recovery business in Institute, as workers were preparing to shut down at least part of the facility.

A Virginia man who spent 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit is finally getting a measure of justice. Messiah Johnson remained in prison even though another man who actually committed the crime had been arrested.

Virginia’s electricity demand is rising rapidly—driven largely by data centers in Northern Virginia. As utilities expand the energy grid to keep up, new infrastructure projects are being proposed across Central Virginia—drawing pushback from environmentalists, and residents in communities such as Fluvanna County.

The flight of Artemis II has inspired a new generation of Americans to think about space, but even before NASA returned to rocket travel, astronomers at the University of Virginia were hoping to learn more about the universe with the help of a new telescope.

Virginia Democrats have successfully pulled off a response to Republican states redrawing their congressional maps to help Republicans. Voters approved a constitutional amendment that could add four new seats for Democrats.

The future is about to get a lot brighter for solar energy. Or, at least, that's the intention of Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg, a Democrat from Henrico County. He has a bill that will force local governments to consider all applications for solar projects rather than having a blanket denial.

President Donald Trump made a last-minute entry into Virginia’s redistricting referendum Monday evening. Will it be enough to sway voters one way or the other?

A judge on Tuesday delayed the criminal sentencing of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma in order to allow victims to attend the court proceeding in person.

The city of Roanoke uprooted hundreds of mostly Black residents through its urban renewal projects during the 20th century. Now the city is wrestling with what it can do to restore some of those communities — at the same time as it faces budget cuts and other problems.

A new species of dinosaur, nicknamed a “murder muppet,” was discovered by an undergraduate student at Virginia Tech. His research may change what scientists previously believed about early dinosaurs.