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“We need to do it in a smart, environmentally safe way," Terry McAuliffe said of short-term natural gas projects.

Norfolk Police are asking the public to help identify the man who painted Christian crosses across the Masjid ash Shura mosque.

Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger is piecing together her cabinet before her inauguration next month. Michael Pope and Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro discuss that and more in state politics and government.

Ever since the English privateer ship White Lion arrived at Port Comfort in 1619 with 20 to 30 enslaved people, Virginia's legal system has never really lived up to its ideals.

The Department of Juvenile Justice directly oversees the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center near Richmond, the only state-run youth prison. And across the Commonwealth, dozens of locally run facilities hold minors who have entered the justice system.

Virginia Tech’s preliminary report is part of an ongoing study funded by the state to address growing concerns.

A new Community Services Board facility is in the works in Augusta County that will provide immediate treatment for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

In Virginia, every year is an election year. And the primaries for the congressional midterms are only a few months away.

More than 50 cities in this country offer a surprising service called a Tool Library. Among them – Charlottesville – where people pay a small fee to join and can then borrow one or more than a thousand tools.

Nearly 40% of Virginia high school students report persistent sadness or hopelessness, and school counselors say anxiety and depression continue to rise.