The campus of the University of Lynchburg. Photo by Matt Busse. The University of Lynchburg is offering buyouts to faculty in an ongoing effort to reduce its deficit. The offer was first announced to ...

An infrastructure project in Washington, D.C., will reduce Amtrak train service in Roanoke and Lynchburg and eliminate it in Danville for nine days next month. The project, “Pause for Progress,” aims ...

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas logged 21 hours worth of debate time over the course of seven joint appearances. Today we’re lucky to get just a fraction of that.

Roanoke has expressed interest in a casino. Center in the Square is pushing out established tenants as part of a new business plan. A study puts a dollar figure on the value of Virginia Tech’s ...

Passenger rail options in Roanoke and Lynchburg will be scaled back and service to Danville will be eliminated during Amtrak’s nine-day “Pause for Progress” project.

A Christiansburg Flock camera was vandalized where the red circle is show, according to information from a council meeting Tuesday. Courtesy town of Christiansburg. Flak over Flock surveillance ...

A pair of Radford University graduates will hard-launch their electric truck company next week, handing over a key to Pulaski County officials. Dublin-based Narro Trucks’ launch event is set for Aug.

As student technology use has increased since the pandemic, some parents are fighting for schools to adopt stricter policies and limit tech use, especially in younger grades.

Sometime this summer, someone armed with a spray can of black paint managed to get onto a railroad bridge over U.S. 11 in Botetourt County long enough to write out a four-line message: Whoever this ...

A range of vaccines were available to Roanoke City Public Schools students for free at a back-to-school event at William Fleming High School on Aug. 8, 2026. Photo by Meghan Mangrum. Welcome to The ...

Gov. Abigail Spanberger issued an executive order aimed at protecting Virginians’ access to federal healthcare and food assistance programs.

Details of a new data center zoning ordinance were discussed at the Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. Photo by Julianna Stephenson. A new zoning ordinance in Henry County requires ...