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Dels. Rasoul, Franklin Join Dems to Vote Selves 278% Pay Raise

The Democrat-led General Assembly voted in recent days to raise the salary for State Delegates and Senators to $50,000 per year. Virginia has always had a General Assembly made of...

While Del. Rasoul Condemns ICE, Illegal Alien Stabs Fredericksburg Woman To Death At Fairfax Bus Stop

On Monday, February 23, Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, was found stabbed to death at...

Catawba Sustainability Center Expands Applied Research in Roanoke County

When Matthew Wagner walks the fields of the Catawba Sustainability Center, he’s thinking about more...

VA Tech Study Identifies Key Exercise Enzyme That Could Inform Diabetes Treatment

Researchers have investigated the role of a certain enzyme in regulating energy in muscle and...

Roanoke City Public Schools Receives $450K State Grant to Build First Solar-Powered Microgrid at any K-12 School in Virginia

Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) has been awarded a grant from the Virginia Department of...

Veterans Operate 1 in 5 Virginia Farms, Census Finds

Just as they served our country, thousands of military veterans are serving another way—by supporting the nation’s food system. Virginia is home to 7,679 farmers...

VA Tech Launches Drone Defense Research Hub with $5M from Department of Defense

A new Virginia Tech effort will take aim at bolstering the nation’s defenses against uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones. A recent $5 million...

Governor Youngkin Highlights Maternal Mental Health Efforts in Virginia

Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin joined the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority at its Women’s Residential Treatment Center, to issue a...

Home Prices Keep Climbing as Listings Surge in Virginia

Active listings across Virginia jumped 35.5% in April—the biggest year-over-year gain since 2019—yet closed sales nudged down 0.8 %, according to the April 2025...

Changes in the aging heart may lessen the risk of irregular heartbeats

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered that microscopic structural changes in the aging heart may reduce the...

VA Tech Awarded $1M to Create Compassionate STEM Education Initiative

Virginia Tech researchers have received $1 million from the Educating Character Initiative, a grant through Wake Forest University and the private philanthropic foundation Lilly Endowment...