Solar panels sit on a hill at Beliveau Farm Winery in Blacksburg on May 17, 2025. Photo by Lisa Rowan. President Donald Trump wants to boost American manufacturing, a goal that has eluded other ...

An unmanned drone in the air at Virginia Tech. The university has announced a $5 million award from the Army, to establish a drone defense research center on campus. Photo by Althea Olinger, courtesy ...

The addiction and mental health crisis continues to wreak havoc on families in communities across the country. We certainly see it in Virginia, where it impacts more than 150,000 residents and costs ...

Rita Bishop, superintendent of Roanoke schools from 2007 to 2020, died May 23. Courtesy Roanoke City Public Schools. Roanoke is remembering former superintendent Rita Bishop, who led the school ...

A plastics recycling startup will invest $4.3 million and create 28 jobs in Pittsylvania County, the governor’s office announced Tuesday. Green Recycle USA LLC will turn industrial plastic waste into ...

Martinsville Commonwealth's Attorney G. Andy Hall and Public Defender Sandra Haley represent two nuanced approaches when it comes to implementing surveillance technology. Photo by Dean-Paul Stephens. ...

Professor Mark Reiter, director of Virginia Tech's Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center, is analyzing how "climate-smart" practices affect soil and plants as part of a three-year ...

Sometimes on winter mornings, Barnie Day would wake up and find a freshly killed deer hanging in his barn in Patrick County. He often had no idea who had left it, but that’s not what mattered. What ...

Two new polls came out Thursday. Both show the same thing: Virginians don’t like President Donald Trump and want Democrat Abigail Spanberger to be their next governor. Rep. Abigail Spanberger. They do ...

At the Bradley Free Clinic, patients fill exam rooms for medical, dental and behavioral health care. For 50 years, this safety-net clinic has served some of the Roanoke region’s most acutely ill and ...

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Cox Communications cannot use a 2023 law to impose eminent domain on railways’ property while trying to reach the commonwealth’s more remote areas. Photo by ...

Forget moon landings and Mars missions — there’s a space race unfolding right now, and it’s all about something much closer to home: your internet connection. Amazon has officially entered the ...