Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke will make campaign stops in Virginia this week, including in Blacksburg and Bland County, making him the first 2020 presidential candidate to visit Southwest Virginia.
A Florida man died when his vape pen, distributed by Smok-E Mountain, exploded, sending projectiles into his head and causing a small fire in his house.
This is believed to be one of the first deaths from an e-cigarette explosion in the U.S.
Gov. Ralph Northam will recall lawmakers to the state Capitol in coming weeks to take up a package of gun-control legislation he said is urgently needed to prevent killings like Friday's mass shooting in Virginia Beach.
Seven Republicans joined all 19 Senate Democrats to pass a resolution for Virginia to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment.
The resolution now goes to the House of Delegates.
Virginia Tech unveiled an ambitious master plan that includes a 2.1-mile pathway that would allow students and employees to walk around the entire campus almost unobstructed
Bobby Goodlatte, the son of U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, announced on Twitter that he gave the maximum allowed donation to Jennifer Lewis, the Democrat running for his father's seat, and encouraged donations to Lewis' campaign
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Virginia Tech is offering some incoming students money to not attend the university for up to a year - a move that comes in the wake of an over-enrollment crunch.
NASA great Chris Kraft, whom Neil Armstrong called "the 'Control' in Mission Control," graduated from
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One of the many students in Roanoke schools considered to be homeless under federal guidelines, Christopher Bohmer will graduate from Patrick Henry today with a GPA above 4.0. He will join the Corps of Cadets at Virginia Tech this fall.
Virginia Tech received the most diverse applicant pool in school history for the class arriving in fall 2019, the university announced today.
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Sen. Mark Warner visited Feeding America Southwest Virginia in Salem to speak about food deserts and legislation he introduced to incentivize food service providers to establish a presence in these areas.
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Kiesha Preston took her story to Del. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke, who is sponsoring HB 99, to prevent landlords from denying housing to domestic violence victims because of their credit history.
BREAKING: Carilion Clinic unveiled plans Tuesday for what it called a world-class cancer center in Roanoke, kicking off a fundraising campaign with a $1 million contribution from President and CEO Nancy Agee and her husband, Steven Agee.