The buildings on the former Virginia Intermont College campus that weren’t destroyed by last year's fire have been vandalized, and most of the windows have been broken. Courtesy of John Kieffer.

Virginia, Land of Two Natural Lakes, can still claim that title, but just barely. Mountain Lake in Giles County, 50 acres when full, is down to a couple of acres. After attempts to plug holes in 2013 ...

Del. Tom Garrett, R-Buckingham County, wants an investigation into why the name of a deceased canine turned up on the list of those to whom the governor has restored civil rights.

The Zarati shop in Abingdon in July 2024. Photo by Susan Cameron. The Abingdon man who police say has owned multiple cannabis-related Zarati shops in Southwest Virginia pleaded no contest Thursday to ...

Up to $50 million in federal money will go toward transmission line work to increase energy supply, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said during a visit to Lynchburg.

Wells Fargo will lay off 87 employees from its Roanoke County customer service facility in three phases by the end of the year, according to letters recently sent to local and state officials. The ...

Eleven counties from Alleghany to Fauquier will have fewer trout released into their waters through the end of the season, as the state-run hatchery lost 130,000 fish due to an equipment failure.

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As it becomes harder to find volunteers — and hang on to the ones you’ve got — Montgomery County is one of several localities in Southwest and Southside that is trying out financial incentives for ...

From early voting trends to what the candidates are saying (and aren’t saying), we look at what we know, what we think we know and what we definitely don’t know yet.

Four registrars in localities across Southwest and Southside Virginia offer advice for students seeking to vote via same-day registration.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers chose not to hold a public hearing on Google’s Botetourt County data center project even though it received almost 300 requests for one amid new developments with the ...