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VA Tech Generates $4.7 Billion in Economic Impact Across Virginia, New Report Shows

Virginia Tech generated $4.7 billion in statewide economic impact in fiscal year 2025, supporting 35,519 full-time equivalent jobs and producing $316.9 million in tax revenue, according to a new...

VDOT Digs Into Potholes on Virginia Roads

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews are already actively working to locate and repair potholes...

State Supreme Court Basically Nullifies 2020 Election, Disenfranchises 2,770,489 Virginia Voters

On Friday, February 13, the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCOVA) overruled a lower judge and...

Reps. Griffith and Cline Support Photo ID to Vote, But Senators Warner and Kaine Still Oppose

In recent years, the interrelated issues of election integrity, proof of US citizenship, and photo...

Cave Spring Middle School Student Wins 2026 Roanoke County Spelling Bee in Historic Fashion

When it comes to making spelling bee history at Roanoke County Public Schools, Cave Spring...

Socialist Lawmaker Wants to Repeal Right-to-Work Law

The General Assembly’s self-described socialist member is sponsoring legislation to repeal the state’s right-to-work law, which says employees can’t be forced to join a...

Senate Panel Kills Stricter Seat-belt Law

Virginia will continue to have one of the weakest seat-belt laws in the country after a Senate committee killed a bill to require rear-seat...

VA House Bills to Curb Distracted Driving Receive Bipartisan Support

For Roxanne Gabel and Tabitha Clark, advocating for "hands-free driving" in Virginia is about more than statistics; it's a family memorial effort. In November 2017,...

Animal Welfare: Panel OKs Bill to Restrict Tethering Animals

A VA House of Representatives committee has advanced a bill requiring Virginians who tether dogs outside to give the animals more room to move. It...

Governor’s School’s Student Project Forum: Student Scientists in Action

On Saturday, February 2nd, 264 gifted and talented students from across the Roanoke Valley will participate in Roanoke Valley Governor’s School for Science and...

High Schoolers See The Road From Truck Driver’s Point of View

Almost 80 percent of tractor-trailer crashes and near crashes are caused by someone driving a car. Occupants in the car often do not survive,...