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Spring is high season for ticks, and Virginia has 17 different kinds. Because they can carry Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other dangerous conditions, the engineering department at the Virginia Military Institute has declared war on the bugs, using a robot to do battle.

Speaking at Washington & Lee University, former Vice President Mike Pence said he feared an indictment would only further divide the country.

When he took office, Governor Glenn Youngkin rolled back an executive order restricting the purchase of single-use plastic by state agencies, colleges and universities, but one campus is pressing ahead, and when students arrive this week, they’ll find it impossible to buy bottled water.

Rockbridge County sits on the western edge of the state in the Shenandoah Valley – just over 600 square miles with a population of fewer than 23,000 people – most of them speakers of English. Jobs in factories and mills, on farms and in restaurants has drawn a small number of Spanish speakers, and this summer their kids found an island of bi-lingual fun at Washington and Lee University.

While African-Americans fought in every American war from the revolution on, aspiring Black soldiers could not study at the Virginia Military Institute until 1968. Still one student, this year’s valedictorian, says they made an important contribution to the school.

A state-ordered investigation into Virginia Military Institute found institutional racism and sexism are “present, tolerated, and left unaddressed.”The…

The interim superintendent of Virginia Military Institute now has the job permanently. The school’s board of visitors voted unanimously Thursday to…

Hundreds of students at Washington and Lee University in Lexington walked out of classes earlier this week. They wanted to show their support for dropping…

Two men who’ve been in state prisons since they were teenagers could soon be free thanks to the efforts of a church in Lexington and students at…

Thousands of Virginians are dealing with economic hardship because of the pandemic. An impact felt especially hard around the holidays.But there’s a…