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Virginia Tech Athletic Director Whit Babcock is retiring from that role this summer.

Virginia’s Democratic Speaker of the House didn’t mince words when describing Democrats who voted ‘no’ in the recent redistricting referendum. But those on the other side of the insult weren’t phased.

Lawmakers met for a special session Thursday to consider a budget. But, they had no budget to consider...

Many emergency management staff in Virginia and across the country are under staffed and under funded according to recent reporting from ProPublica. What exactly does that mean for the folks tasked with keeping their communities safe from disasters, past, present and future?

The owners of the last remaining dairy in Tazewell County recently announced they’re closing their business. It’s one of many dairy farms across the Commonwealth that have closed in recent decades.

Virginia's legislature rejected amendments from the governor on several high-profile pieces of legislation, including those on collective bargaining expansion and another that would create a legal marijuana marketplace.

"The last thing Republicans want to see in Virginia is a voter,” said House Speaker Don Scott.

A Virginia man who spent 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit is finally getting a measure of justice. Messiah Johnson remained in prison even though another man who actually committed the crime had been arrested.

The flight of Artemis II has inspired a new generation of Americans to think about space, but even before NASA returned to rocket travel, astronomers at the University of Virginia were hoping to learn more about the universe with the help of a new telescope.

Virginia Democrats have successfully pulled off a response to Republican states redrawing their congressional maps to help Republicans. Voters approved a constitutional amendment that could add four new seats for Democrats.