Virginia Cooperative Extension is taking applications from livestock owners in 13 counties for reimbursement.

Federal regulators have accepted Dominion Virginia Power’s application for a full review of a proposed third nuclear reactor at its North Anna Power Station in Louisa County

The president of William and Mary will allow a controversial “Sex Workers’ Art Show” to be held on campus next month.

The man used a semiautomatic handgun to rob the gas stations between May and October

A man accused of stealing counterattack parts worth $70,000 from a submarine to sell for scrap metal has been indicted in federal court in Norfolk.

JMU admissions director Michael Walsh says 19,350 students have applied for admission

Virginia’s population reached 7.7 million on July 1, increasing by more than 633,000 since the 2000 federal census, according to estimates released by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service

Virginia is one of the 13 states where the stolen items are linked to

Delegates amended the bill to make it effective the instant Gov. Tim Kaine signs it

The omnibus bill would loosen Virginia’s tough standards for involuntary commitment, require better monitoring and treatment for outpatient cases and allow better sharing of mental health records, among other things

The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources unanimously endorsed a bill that would make cockfighting a felony

Roanoke Senator John Edwards attempted to bring the issue back before the committee that voted 9-6 last week to reject legislation to close the so-called gun-show loophole

Scientists are still trying to find out more about a disease that’s afflicting more than half of the striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay.

Delegate Danny Marshall, R-Danville, submitted 11 new bills to this year’s General Assembly, including one that slightly revises the process in which a constitutional office - such as an elected city treasurer - can be abolished.

A regional jail for Danville-Pittsylvania County, a means of suspending an elected official from duty if that official is arrested on criminal charges and making sure the Master Settlement Agreement is correctly enforced are just three of the issues Sen. Robert Hurt, R-Chatham, addresses in the bills he has submitted to the General Assembly this session.