Typically, about half of school board races across Virginia only have one candidate on the ballot. That rate is similar nationwide, according to data from Ballotpedia. The Virginia Department of ...

College football is big business, but it looks to students to subsidize it. What if it were even bigger business? Private equity funds are looking to take a stake in the action.

The increase will allow the company to recover about $69 million associated with projects that are either making electricity now or will come online between March 2026 and February 2027.

Hiring a firm to manage the construction of Bristol’s new baseball facility is on the agenda for Tuesday’s city council meeting.

The Virginia budget is as healthy as it has ever been. Despite nearly $9 billion in tax relief over the past four years, our revenues have grown 28%.

House Democrats outraised 2.5 times more money than Republicans and wound up outspending them 14 times over on broadcast television in some key races.

On Monday, the Salem City Council will consider a request from the school division to appropriate almost $2 million from unallocated capital reserve funds to the division’s general, grants, capital ...

When the board of supervisors meets Monday, it also will consider a proposal to conduct more frequent real estate assessments and will look at reauthorizing an agricultural zoning district.

The board of supervisors will discuss accepting a loan and grant package for the Villa Heights housing development in Collinsville.

The Franklin County Board of Supervisors has chosen a new county administrator. Steve Sandy, a longtime deputy administrator, will take over on Feb. 1 for Christopher Whitlow, who is retiring.

A $30 million project spearheaded by a local judge would provide housing, transportation, workforce training and other services to people in recovery.

Virginia Tech has passed targets for research spending, but in what one official calls an “increasingly unpredictable” federal funding climate, the university might ask for more money from state, ...