Virginia Tech Police say that they arrested 82 people late Sunday night and early Monday when they broke up a days-long protest on campus, and were charged with trespassing. 53 are current Virginia Tech students.
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Virginia Tech police say they arrested 91 people Sunday night.
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For two years the Affordable Connectivity Program has provided a $30 per month discount on internet service for several hundred thousand low income and elderly Virginians and millions more nationwide. The ACP has now ended and Congress is not renewing it. Tad Dickens covered the story for Cardinal News and talked about with Fred Echols.
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The University of Virginia today opened a new building that will house the nation’s first School of Data Science, bankrolled by business school graduate Jafffray Woodriff.
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A group of students, faculty and community members are gathered on Virginia Tech’s campus today. They’re joining students at campuses across the country who are protesting the war in Gaza.
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Virginia's teacher vacancy rate has been stagnant for the last two years, and it’s worse than the 2021-22 school year when it was closer to 3%.
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Primaries for Congress are only a few weeks away, and new fundraising numbers are giving an indication of where the race stands.
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Primaries top the list of political topics in the news over the last few days.Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.
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You may have heard the buzz in the media that 13-year cicadas will begin emerging across the South this week, until mid-June. But only a handful of Virginia counties are likely to see them.
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While the spirit of the lab school program is supported by many, the funding—directly from the state and given to public and private colleges— has been a source of budget fights.
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For some people, retirement means a chance to travel the world, while others prefer to stay home and play pickleball or golf. For Robert Hale, however, it’s been a very different experience. He crisscrosses the Commonwealth each week, sometimes driving more than a thousand miles to visit and counsel incarcerated people.
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