07/18/11 Montpelier, Rockville and Farrington have a new state senator, but one who's not new to the General Assembly. The 2011 General Assembly redistricting rearranged the 12th Va. Senate district. The district used to encompass parts of Goochland and Henrico counties and the City of Richmond.
07/18/11 NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 07/18/11) - Atlantic recording artist Jason Mraz has announced plans for a special international tour, an extraordinary itinerary that will see the Grammy Award-winning tunesmith visiting North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. More than just a concert tour, Mraz' worldwide journey will see him celebrating music's lasting power to inspire change and help ...
07/16/11 A bird has landed atop Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's head, much to the chagrin of the tour guide. "We just waxed that thing," Andrew Bentley says of the statue of the man better known as Stonewall, whose image gazes out across the field where he earned that nickname in the first Battle of Manassas.
07/16/11 Visitors to Rhode Island's state parks and beaches can now download information straight to their smartphones thanks to a new application created by the state.
07/14/11 Weekly Weather Summary: With the main storm track continuing over the northern half of the lower 48 States, high pressure over the southern Plains exacerbated the drought, keeping this area precipitation free and unseasonably hot (highs exceeding 110 deg F). Weak fronts stalled out across the Southeast, generating hit and miss showers and thunderstorms, with some locally heavy.
07/13/11 RICHMOND, VA -- Garvey Winegar was the longtime Times-Dispatch outdoors writer who died last week. (more) Garvey Lynn Winegar, who retired from The Times-Dispatch in 2003, died Monday in his native Scott County. He was 73.
07/11/11 Roanoke Railhouse Brewery is keeping up with the craft beer demand.
07/07/11 Garvey Lynn Winegar, who retired from The Times-Dispatch in 2003, died Monday in his native Scott County. He was 73. Garvey Lynn Winegar wrote of the outdoors with an uncommon grace, a poet with a fishing pole who made friends of readers who loved the fields and streams as he did and those who didn't know a rainbow trout from a rainbow.
07/07/11 The first two signs highlighting historical sites along the Virginia Coal Heritage Trail were unveiled Saturday as part of the Mountain Treasures Festival in Dungannon.
07/06/11 Two temporary offices have been set up to assist people in applying for loans People still struggling to rebuild after those deadly tornadoes in Southwest Virginia this spring now have another option for funding.
07/05/11 Dr. Thomas C. Sexton was believed to be the last Confederate soldier in Nebraska when he died on July 28, 1943.
07/05/11 As many as 950 outdoor enthusiasts arrived on the Emory & Henry College campus this past weekend to meet new people, see area attractions, and enjoy the one thing that brings them all together, the Appalachian Trail.
07/04/11 A national used car retailer is looking to open in Collier County. Elia Imler, a spokeswoman for CarMax, Inc., said recently the Virginia-based company is interested in buying land in East Naples.
07/02/11 Old flour mills are a distinctive part of Americana - but only a handful remain. Socorro's Crown Mill is one of the few still standing in the Southwest. This landmark was built by an immigrant family from Germany. Their story, and the building of the mill, is an interesting chapter in Socorro's history.
07/01/11 Mr. Poff surprised official Washington by withdrawing from consideration for a Supreme Court appointment by President Richard M. Nixon.
06/30/11 A new poll of Virginians shows that a majority want American troops out of Afghanistan and Libya. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows that 55 percent believe the United States should not be fighting in...
06/30/11 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Governor Bob McDonnell is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration to assist tornado victims in southwest Virginia.
06/30/11 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The U.S. Small Business Administration is making low-interest loans available for tornado victims in southwest Virginia. Gov. Bob McDonnell said Thursday that the federal agency has
06/30/11 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is making low-interest loans available for tornado victims in southwest Virginia.
06/29/11 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Bob McDonnell is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration to assist tornado victims in southwest Virginia. McDonnell said Friday that he has asked the agency to make low-interest | 
