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Plans for a massive data center near the Manassas battlefield in Northern Virginia are being scrapped, marking a major win for neighborhood groups that battled against business interests.

While America turns 250 this Fourth of July, the Great Seal of Virginia was first authorized the day after— July 5th, 1776.

Local governments and low-income Virginians are about to start receiving grants for flood resiliency and energy efficiency.

Virginia regulators have put the brakes on efforts by Mountain Valley Pipeline to build a natural gas compressor station in Montgomery County.

Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

The fight against expanded polystyrene, commonly called styrofoam, dates back to the 1980s.

Many people will tell you that this country’s founders signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, but that is not true. An expert on the subject told reporter Sandy Hausman that 200 copies of the original document were printed on the Fourth and Fifth – then carried by men on horseback to each of the colonies.

One of the last remaining birthing facilities in Southwest Virginia, Norton Community Hospital, sees patients from a 200-mile radius.

Closed since 2023, the popular stop along the Blue Ridge Parkway will reopen next spring.

Documents supporting a proposed merger between Virginia’s largest energy company and a Florida power giant are expected to be submitted any day. Bipartisan concerns are already emerging at the General Assembly.