A reader seeks the nitty-gritty details of how Republicans got listed ahead of Democrats on Virginia's 2021 election ballots.
Virginia voters and political observers had anticipated a fresh look at the candidates for governor July 24, in a traditional state bar association debate that had hosted the last nine men elected to the state’s top job.
The economic recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic seems a dim memory, as Virginia expects a half-billion-dollar budget surplus by the end of June and a $4.3 billion federal deposit in the state's bank account any day.
Saturday’s primary also saw Montgomery County Supervisor Todd King defeat Republican challenger Dale Buckner for the board of supervisors' District D seat.
For more than a decade, Virginia bicycle advocates have begged and cajoled the commonwealth to allow cyclists to travel on trains such as the Northeast Regional. We're now on the cusp of that reality.
A number of readers thought I went a bit overboard in defending Reps. Ben Cline, R-Botetourt, or Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, from slings and arrows in recent Letters to the Editor. A few got the joke, though.
In 2020 the Virginia General Assembly passed a law that capped the patient copay price of insulin at $50 per month. The law took effect Jan. 1 — and now, Donna Reid's copay is four times the cap. The Bonsack resident wants to know why.
A number of readers thought I went a bit overboard in defending Reps. Ben Cline, R-Botetourt, or Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, from slings and arrows in recent Letters to the Editor. A few got the joke, though.
In 2020 the Virginia General Assembly passed a law that capped the patient copay price of insulin at $50 per month. The law took effect Jan. 1 — and now, Donna Reid's copay is four times the cap. The Bonsack resident wants to know why.
The Virginia legislature narrowly accepted an accelerated schedule to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, with Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax breaking a tie in the Senate.
The topic of police reform brought about the most substantial differences among the five Democratic candidates for governor Tuesday night during their first formal debate.
The reconvened session of the Virginia General Assembly will meet Wednesday, virtually in the case of the House of Delegates and in person for the smaller Senate.
Republicans representing far Southwest Virginia are not necessarily embracing the Democratic governor's idea.
The plans call for about a dozen turbines nearly twice as tall as Roanoke's Wells Fargo tower on top of North Mountain.
Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Roanoke Times.
These are recent reports of missing children made to local law enforcement. If you think you have seen a missing child, contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Advisory Council Scholarship Committee reviewed six applications for this year’s $1,000 scholarship awards. They selected Riley King, a student from Christiansburg High School who will attend East Tennessee State University to pursue studies in nursin…
With Republicans preparing to choose a candidate Saturday to represent a newly drawn 5th Congressional District that now includes much of the Richmond area's outer suburbs, Rep. Bob Good isn't budging from his position on the far right of the party's political spectrum.
RICHMOND — Legislators from the Richmond area want Gov. Glenn Youngkin to delay carrying out his new telework policy for state employees until after Labor Day and let workers return to the office schedules they followed before the COVID-19 pandemic upended state government almost 27 months ago.
After a 25-year career serving the Town of Bedford in both the fire industry and, for a time, a law enforcement capacity, town fire department chief Brad Creasy is stepping down to accept a new position.
Starting Monday, Creasy will begin his job as the executive director of the Virginia Department of Fire Programs, a gubernatorial appointment overseeing an agency responsible for the delivery of educational programs to Virginia’s fire service.
BEDFORD — A Bedford woman was sentenced to four years in prison Friday on a charge of voluntary manslaughter stemming from the October 2020 stabbing death of her boyfriend.
Wasil Farooqui was convicted of lying to FBI agents as they investigated his trip to Turkey, which he took not long before he stabbed two people in Roanoke County.
Randolph W. Hargrave, 57, was charged with attempted second-degree murder, using a firearm in the commission of a felony, unlawfully shooting in an occupied building and shooting in a public place.
Isimemen David Etute is scheduled to begin a two-day jury trial on second-degree murder charges next week.
Justin Elliott Graves, 32, will go to prison and be restricted from being around children after his release.
With Republicans preparing to choose a candidate Saturday to represent a newly drawn 5th Congressional District that now includes much of the Richmond area's outer suburbs, Rep. Bob Good isn't budging from his position on the far right of the party's political spectrum.
RICHMOND — Legislators from the Richmond area want Gov. Glenn Youngkin to delay carrying out his new telework policy for state employees until after Labor Day and let workers return to the office schedules they followed before the COVID-19 pandemic upended state government almost 27 months ago.
Salem to reconsider giving additional relief on personal property taxes.
RICHMOND — State employees face a tight deadline on Friday for getting permission to work from their homes under a new telework policy that Gov. Glenn Youngkin has imposed, but some say their supervisors have shown little flexibility in carrying it out.