Roanoke's honor comes in the anniversary year of the Immigration Act of 1924, which some say hastened the Great Depression and war with Japan.

The school board will vote May 7 on the superintendent’s recommendation to close Copper Creek and Swords Creek schools due to declining enrollment and budget concerns.

Owner, ex-manager in dispute over new Radford hotel as it misses forecasts. Norton splash pad nears completion. Bedford supervisors OK funding for improvement projects at three schools.

Six new college partnership lab schools have been approved to launch in Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced Thursday, including two in Southwest Virginia. The six schools, each sponsored ...

The group, which is aligned with the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council and has almost 80 members, recently was recognized as the organization's fastest-growing chapter.

Appalachian Power proposes raising the average residential bill by about $10. State and local elected officials have criticized the plan, and the public now can weigh in.

Clinch River State Park has added 457 acres in Russell County, an expansion that will provide new public access to the river. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has acquired a ...

Special prosecutor alleges Michael Reis used his office to try to obtain public funds for personal interest. He denies any ...

Virginia's school funding formula doesn't take poverty into account, so high-growth but high-poverty rural counties get penalized.

The decision to replace stoplights with stop signs was an effort to make the area more pedestrian-friendly. But it drew complaints from residents.

Eight organizations say that plans for the project, an extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, have changed so much that ...

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