Morgan Birch is an executive committee member of the National Action Network. She is in Suffolk.

Homeward Trails opened a physical location in Danville in June where it runs a pet pantry, local foster program and accepts owner surrenders.

Jennifer Munson’s decade-long study in Roanoke reveals that chemo drugs damage the brain’s waste-clearing vessels — a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for “chemo brain” and other ...

After today, we have just two weekends of campaigning left. Here’s what we know and what we don’t about what’s shaping this year’s election.

Two of the three seats up for election on the Franklin County Board of Supervisors are contested, and those races involve the most densely populated district in the county and one of the most rural.

Utilities haven’t shown interest in a nuclear reactor in Southwest Virginia, but some officials have pursued one anyway. The Republican candidate for governor backed their efforts during a ...

Independent and large-chain pharmacies alike are closing at an alarming rate. Virginia lost about 6% of its pharmacies between 2016 and 2024. In 2024 alone, 50 of those pharmacies closed.

The political divide and nearly 40 years in age separate Del. Wendell Walker and his challenger Risë Hayes in the 52nd District. The gap leads them to see the growing metro area in different ways ...

We sent a questionnaire to all local candidates across Southwest and Southside to ask about the biggest challenge facing their communities. Here’s what they said.

White sought more than $900,000 in damages and asked for voting to be stopped until the ballots were corrected and previously submitted votes were scrapped and redone.

The festival, in its second year in the Hill City, provides the community connections and the big screen that local filmmakers need to fine tune their craft.

Today, the airport is serving more travelers than ever, but about 50% of potential passengers in our region still drive to Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham or other airports for their travel, which ...