Many of the 380,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer this year who get mastectomies, lumpectomies, and breast reconstruction go home with hospital-issue surgical recovery bras. A Charlottesville breast cancer survivor, though, has teamed up to build something better.

“It’s this idea that you can compose, you can play with sounds that don’t fall into traditional ideas about harmony and rhythm.”

Governor Abigail Spanberger was in Botetourt County Tuesday to speak with cattle ranchers and farmers about what’s happening in their industry right now.

The festival expands to the Oceanfront over Labor Day Weekend.

While states like New York and South Carolina have expansive no distracted driving laws that encompass pretty much any cell phone use, one legal analyst said Virginia’s laws still leave room for improvement.

Now, instead of one department simply sending information to the Department of Criminal Justice Services, the agreement directs each office to create a “secure exchange, verification, and reconciliation of deaths-in-custody data.”

Public health experts say Virginia could use 4,000 more doctors to serve a growing population of patients and the expected retirement of and nearly 25% of physicians. To meet that need, the University of Mary Washington is hoping to start a new medical school.

A new Virginia grant program will give nursing students more opportunities to earn wages while gaining hands-on clinical experience, part of a broader effort to grow the state’s nursing workforce.

A 25-year-old is suing the city of Roanoke and its vice-mayor because he says he was denied the right to deliver a prayer at a city council meeting.

The federal agency that regulates airplane safety recommended 52 safety improvements following a fatal collision last year. An aerospace expert says she's concerned about delays implementing them.