This week is Police Week across Virginia, and modern policing works very differently than it did a few years ago.

Flooding is the deadliest natural hazard in Southwest Virginia, and it’s intensifying because of climate change. A Climate Central analysis predicts that by 2050 Virginia could see a 19% increase in flood losses.

Over the next 20 years, Dominion Energy says demand for power will double, and it hopes to get half of that electricity from solar. Tuesday, the company unveiled its latest array in a surprising location.

This summer marks the county’s 250th birthday and the 50th anniversary of cross-country biking trail. A professor produced a podcast exploring the history along the route.

Presenting a utility bill as a valid form of identification at a voting precinct in West Virginia has gone the way of the tavern polling place and the punch-card ballot.

In the last 20 years about 3,400 newspapers in this country have folded, leaving many areas without a daily or weekly paper. One big reason— the internet has cut deeply into advertising revenue. On the other hand, the Internet makes it possible for individuals to cover communities without a big financial investment.

As coal production in Southwest Virginia wins White House support, miner protections stall under the Trump Administration. Miners, their families, and the community struggle with the illnesses the industry leaves behind.

Candidates for Congress are scrambling to adjust to a new political reality in the wake of a Supreme Court decision last week.

Opponents of a Google data center in Botetourt County have been frustrated by a lack of information, including how it will draw power.

The filing argues the Supreme Court of Virginia overstepped its authority and made a “grave misreading of federal law, which expressly fixes a single day for the ‘election’ of Representatives and Delegates to Congress.”