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Students in Virginia again outperformed their peers nationwide by significant margins this year on the ACT college-admissions test. The performance...

Gov. Ralph Northam announced the formation of Virginia’s first offshore and onshore wind workforce training collaborative, the Mid-Atlantic Wind Training...

Tammy Pearson   By Brandon Martin Pearson and her husband, Will, are raising three children. Tammy Pearson’s motto in her...

Nelson Edwards is seeking a seat on Martinsville City Council. By Brandon Martin With Election Day less than a month...

Seniors who received Senior Farmers Market coupons through the Southern Area Agency on Aging are reminded to use the coupons...

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine recently announced $2,901,726 in rural development funding to further distance learning and telemedicine at Ballad Health, Carilion Medical Center, Retina and Vitreous Center, P.C., and the Lee County School District in...

The Virginia Health Benefit Exchange continues preparations for the November 1 open enrollment period for 2021 health plans. The Virginia...

Additional funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act will be directed to Virginia’s Rent and...

Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. (BSET) on October 7 announced that Emma S. Battle was elected a member of its Board of Directors. “We...

Experts take a proactive approach to protecting the public from potential food system crises before they unfold, and farmers, processors...