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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...

VA Tech expert weighs in on growing travel anxiety amid rise in air incidents

As summer travel season approaches, many Americans are busy making vacation plans—but growing anxiety around flying is casting a shadow over those plans. So...

VA Tech Experts explain ways to safeguard against AI-enhanced scams

Scams enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to reach a new level of deception with the introduction of features such as ChatGPT...

VA Tech Opens New Transit Center for Regional Mobility

After more than a decade of planning, the future of sustainable transportation at Virginia Tech has officially arrived. Located beside the Perry Street Parking Garage,...

Miyares Announces $116M Tobacco Settlement for Virginia

Attorney General Jason Miyares announced today that Virginia has received a payment of $116.2 million from the major tobacco companies, including Philip Morris USA...

Construction Begins for Carilion Taubman Cancer Center

As Carilion Clinic leads the vision for advancing cancer care close to home, its design and building partners are helping bring the vision to...

New online tool tests how taxes shape sugar-sweetened drink purchases

Americans like their soda pop. And their sports drinks, and energy drinks, and sweet tea. In 2021, the average American bought 37 gallons of sugar-sweetened...