3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (654+ words) There’s little disagreement that Virginia is behind on school capital improvement projects and maintenance. More than half the state’s schools are over 50 years old and divisions often have long construction and maintenance backlogs. About a third of the state’s cities…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (703+ words) This story was reported and written by our media partner VPM News. A new state report found that the Virginia Agricultural Cost Share Program (VACS), which helps farmers pay for conservation and water quality practices, has grown in the past…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (465+ words) The Slover in Norfolk was Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi’s second stop on her statewide listening tour focused on energy costs. Before the Tuesday evening event, people gathered outside the library to protest the proposed merger between Dominion Energy and Florida-based…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (182+ words) The 757’s most exciting family festival, the Virginia Children’s Festival presented by Sentara Health Plans on Saturday, October 3, 2026, features more than 100 fun, creative, and interactive activities, including hands-on workshops, cultural experiences, military demonstrations, costumed characters, storytelling, musical performances, dance lessons,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1187+ words) Dominion Energy’s inability to accurately predict its annual fuel budget in three of the last five years burdens its Virginia customers with billions—with a b—in surprise add-ons to their electric bills. Its latest forecasting shortfall rang in at…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (544+ words) Six years ago, the City of Richmond removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson on Monument Avenue. Crowds gathered, the sky opened and cheers erupted in the rain. Over the next two years, dozens of statues came down....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1303+ words) With a whopping 3,160 megawatts of solar across at least 27 states, NextEra Energy is the nation’s undisputed renewable power colossus. Still, the Florida-based suitor of Dominion Energy has Virginia’s rooftop solar advocates on edge. Why? Mainly because its principal investor-owned utility…...