A group of student auditors asked a dozen localities for public information. The responses clarify where local government deserves credit for transparency and where it falls short of its ...

Wise County supervisors have agreed not to cut funding for fire and rescue services as they search for ways to slash millions of dollars from the county budget. Meeting Wednesday, supervisors also ...

Before we discard the current congressional map, let’s take a look at how it was drawn, an exercise that takes us to the question of “what constitutes a community of interest?” ...

Mike Cavanagh is an independent researcher and writer in Alexandria, VA. His email address is mikecav321@gmail.com.

This whole college sports enterprise is business development that is being financed by student subsidies, and frequently ever higher student loan debt.  As a society, do we do this for any other ...

Del. Dan Helmer, who authored a state law that effectively bans such nominating contests, has asked for an opinion from Attorney General Jay Jones.

An immigration attorney said though the number of ICE agents in Roanoke has not changed, changes on the federal level are causing this spike locally.

The lack of big shows or big games is not a failure of management or marketing, it’s simply a fundamental change in the entertainment market. Roanoke needs to keep that in mind as it contemplates ...

A state law that took effect in 2024 effectively bans firehouse primaries. This is the second time that the Lynchburg Republican committee has tried to work around the law.

Canadian company Aclara Resources’ manufacturing facility at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center is a precursor to a large-scale plant that company officials say will provide 75% of ...

The Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative plans rate increases in Virginia and West Virginia, citing the continually rising cost of doing business. The New Castle-based cooperative provides electric ...

Robin Stultz is a lifelong resident of Salem, and the sister of Chuck Zimmerman, also a Salem native, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia since June 19, 2025.