Wythe County officials want to know what residents think of a proposed ordinance that would establish the zoning of land in unincorporated areas of the county for the first time. A community meeting ...

The first couple days of October brought some infrequent 90-degree highs to some locations in Southwest and Southside Virginia, but cooler weather has set in since then.

Roanoke voters this fall will pick three members of the city council. The seven candidates seeking those seats are talking ...

The Haysi Town Council has voted to move forward with expelling its mayor, who was arrested last month on fraud and embezzlement charges and has not responded to calls for his resignation. The town’s ...

Divisions in the southwestern tip of the state performed particularly well. Of 148 schools in the region, 60% received the state’s top designation.

Many states are responding to high gas prices by waiving gas taxes for a time. Virginia is unlikely to join them. In the meantime, this is a campaign issue.

The restaurant chain has pledged an additional $500,000 over eight years to support the pediatric therapy gym at Carilion.

The town council will vote Wednesday on whether to renew the surveillance contract as a local petition opposing it gains momentum.

Southwest Virginia understands mineral ownership. Finding a valuable resource is only the beginning. Harder questions follow: Who owns it? Who may extract it? Who gets paid? What rights may be ...

Kawahna Persinger believed serious changes were needed in the town of Iron Gate two years ago when she announced her candidacy for mayor. “At that point in time, when I saw what was going on, I could ...

The smoke that rose from the burning of Norfolk in the first few days of January 1776 lingers still, obscuring from historical view the responsibility for the destruction. But enough clues remain to ...

The company has not publicly identified a site for the facility, which would use small modular reactors to produce up to 650 megawatts of power.