The report found that, in 2023, people left Virginia for states with both higher and lower income tax rates. Of the top 10 states people left Virginia for that year, five had lower rates, four had ...

The Lynchburg City Council adopted the 2026 fiscal year budget a day before it went into effect. Now programs like the electoral board are feeling the pressure of funding cuts.

The goal, she says, is to address the sense that many voters in Southwest Virginia feel estranged from a state government in Richmond when they’re closer to up to nine other state capitals ...

Parking enforcement in Danville isn’t new, but it’s been at least two years since the city had a full-time parking enforcement officer working consistently. Bringing it back has become a hot topic ...

For that to happen, a down-ballot candidate generally needs to find votes that the candidate for governor can’t. In recent elections, that’s meant anywhere from 27,000 to 175,000 extra ...

At its regular 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday, Danville’s city council will consider participating in a proposed nationwide settlement agreement of opioid-related claims. Participation would allow the city to ...

As the school year approaches, health departments across Southwest and Southside Virginia are offering vaccination clinics and immunization appointments to help families meet school requirements.

Amtrak ridership in Virginia is up; Roanoke route grows fastest. Giles County sets river cleanup for Sept. 6. Youngkin announces state board appointments.

The city’s Warming Center provides shelter during the cold winter months, but Martinsville’s unhoused residents have nowhere to go when temperatures soar.

We noticed you've read several of our articles. Worried you might miss the next big story? A roundup of our daily news stories can be delivered to your inbox every morning when you sign up for our ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that $40 million from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program will go toward development in 13 Virginia localities and fund a new program to speed up such work at other ...

The rezonings eliminated single-family-only neighborhoods in the city and allowed for greater building density in residential neighborhoods.