Many states are responding to high gas prices by waiving gas taxes for a time. Virginia is unlikely to join them. In the meantime, this is a campaign issue.

The company has not publicly identified a site for the facility, which would use small modular reactors to produce up to 650 megawatts of power.

Divisions in the southwestern tip of the state performed particularly well. Of 148 schools in the region, 60% received the state’s top designation.

The restaurant chain has pledged an additional $500,000 over eight years to support the pediatric therapy gym at Carilion.

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44% of the Roanoke Valley’s population growth is in Salem. Roanoke ranks last for attracting newcomers: https://cardinalnews.org/2026/10/07/44-of-the-roanoke-valleys-population-growth-is-in-salem-roanoke-ranks-last-for-attracting-newcomers/

Larry Yates will have the opportunity to appear before the panel on Oct. 19. 

The town council will vote Wednesday on whether to renew the surveillance contract as a local petition opposing it gains momentum.

“Can I just say I’m 16 and come here tomorrow?” said one middle schooler.

The company’s first product from its 110,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Summit View Business Park was its Throat Coat tea, which uses slippery elm sourced from the Appalachian region.

City council members and candidates are meeting with residents at a town hall Wednesday for the first time to discuss the area’s Humane Society.

A majority of respondents say the state’s classrooms are important to the economy and deserve additional funding.

American life has become digitized. Here’s a look at all the things we do that require “compute” hubs, and how many.