VA State News

ATLANTA (AP) — A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice swept through parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, knocking out power, felling trees and fences and coating roads with a treacherous, frigid glaze. Tens of thousands of...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Striking a tone of bipartisanship and optimism, Virginia’s new governor, Glenn Youngkin, pledged to “restore trust in government and to restore power to the people” after he was sworn in to office Saturday. “Today we stand together...

ATLANTA (AP) — Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put a big part of the Southeast on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers scoured store shelves for storm supplies and crews raced to treat highways...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police are warning people to avoid travel during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend as another winter storm approaches the East Coast just days after a previous storm halted traffic on part of...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia couple has pleaded guilty to submitting at least 40 fake loan applications totaling more than $5.1 million connected to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Malik Mitchum, 26,...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia General Assembly convened its 2022 session Wednesday in Richmond, under newly divided party control. Lawmakers will be meeting for 60 days to craft a two-year state budget and take up issues ranging from education...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has announced his pick for Virginia's next secretary of health and human resources, a role that will involve helping oversee pandemic-related public policy. John Littel has been tapped for the role, the...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The chief of staff for the mayor of Augusta, Georgia, has left for a job in Richmond, Virginia. The Augusta Chronicle reports that Petula Burks began working last week for Richmond’s Office of Public Information and Engagement. It’s...

LOUISA, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who tried walking home after his vehicle broke down in Monday's winter storm has been found dead, authorities said. The Louisa County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that Jacob Whaley's body was...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Ralph Northam dedicated a set of newly renovated historic state buildings in Richmond on Friday in honor of one of Virginia's most prominent and oldest living civil rights leaders. A set of three now-gleaming historic...