Meet Sam McKelvey, new executive director of the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation
McKelvey hopes his background in history and other foundation work will help the trail’s expansion continue forward. By: Ian Stewart ...
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General Assembly nixes bills that required data centers to get SCC certificate
By: Shannon Heckt - Virginia Mercury For most of the industry’s existence in Virginia, approvals for data centers were largely ...
‘Unprecedented times:’ Virginia Democrats defend redistricting referendum as early voting begins
CLIFTON, VA - JUNE 17: Yolanda Hutcherson surveys Northern Virginia's congressional map at a voting precinct at Centreville High School ...
Dems demand swift Pentagon investigation into deadly air strike on girls’ school in Iran
By Jennifer Shutt | .C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense must quickly release the results ...
Amended school calendar bill to be considered by full West Virginia House this week
By Steven Allen Adams For Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — A bill championed by Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Amy ...
Get your Girl Scout cookies! Spring starts scouts selling sweets
By Ashley Perham For HDMedia Can you smell that? Mint, caramel, peanut butter, lemon, chocolate and marshmallow are filling the ...
Shady Spring: New trees planted to provide sun cover at Magic Island in Charleston
By Ashley Perham For HDMedia An experiment in shade is growing at Magic Island on Charleston’s West Side. As part ...
Plug-in solar panels near approval by General Assembly
By: Shannon Heckt - Virginia Mercury In a legislative effort to save people money and help them generate their own ...
Va.’s congressional Republicans urge Trump admin to review legislation to tighten oversight of VMI
Bills would require state’s oldest military college to reshape governing board, distance itself from Lost Cause mythology and promote a ...
On one-year anniversary, Democrats decry dismantling of Department of Education
By Shauneen Miranda | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats and education advocates Wednesday marked one ...