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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...

Miyares Fights to Crack Down on Illegal Chinese E-Cigarettes Targeting Kids

Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined 28 other attorneys general urging the Trump administration to continue combating the flood of illegal Chinese-manufactured e-cigarettes that...

What in the world is quantum? Experts explain

The concept of quantum is popping up everywhere these days, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to "Everything Everywhere All at Once." But what exactly...

From Roanoke to D.C.: VA Tech Grad Student Pursues Cancer Research

Blanka Bordas did not plan to work in Washington, D.C., when she started her doctoral degree in the interdisciplinary Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program. Like...

Expect Lane Closures on Bradshaw Road Starting April 28

A temporary signal will be installed starting Monday, April 28 as part of work to replace a box culvert on Route 622 (Bradshaw Road)...

Researchers discover large dormant virus can be reactivated in model green alga

Researchers had been studying the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for decades without seeing evidence of an active virus within it — until a pair of Virginia...

Deadly rodent-borne hantavirus is an emerging disease with pandemic potential

Hantavirus recently made news headlines as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, but little is commonly known...