"In a flagrant display of nepotism, Orange County supervisors Coleman, Marshall and Van Hoven all have relatives serving on county committees"

"Prince William County’s growing data center industry is attempting to migrate further east along the Va. 234 corridor... including one that could bring as many as four, 100-foot-tall buildings to the edge of Prince William Forest Park."

"Despite the setback in Virginia, and the growing number of states redistricting in favor of Republicans, Coleman still forecasts Democrats gaining a majority in the House of Representatives."

"WHRO analyzed ICE arrest data obtained by The Deportation Data Project. The analysis showed that Hampton Roads saw 16 times more ICE arrests in 2025 than in 2024."

"Substitute Judge Marcus Brinks, after ruling in Jones’ favor, awarded $40,000 in attorneys’ fees to Jones’ lawyers and to the special prosecutor, Colonial Heights Commonwealth’s Attorney Alfred Gray Collins III. The city is liable for those fees."

"The most breathtaking cost, however, is the obscene sum — $83 million as of April 10, according to the Virginia Public Access Project — spent mostly by opaque dark-money groups electioneering for and against the ballot initiative."

Beadsley’s public statements consistently land in a space triangulated by public relation training, pseudo intellectualism, and platitudes. No real substance, stance, or vision. Just a corporate higher ed live/laugh/love.

"But license plate readers aren’t the only tool Flock wants to deploy on our streets. Now, Roanoke is considering expanding its contract with Flock for a system of acoustic sensors that will record human voices."

"Experts believe the bodies were stolen from their graves in the mid-1800s, used by medical students as cadavers and then thrown out. Only in the past 15 years has VCU made an effort to treat the remains with greater dignity."

"Only a few employees were still on site when Charlottesville Tomorrow visited the Zamma Corporation facility on Litchfield Drive in Orange on March 11, 2026. Nine days earlier, the company abruptly let go of approximately 130 employees."

"This summer, many people with criminal convictions will be able to seal their records."

"Kurt Detrick, the new incoming president of the union association, called the governor’s actions “an absolute betrayal” after the conversations and advocacy the association has been part of with other unions throughout the legislative session."

“Why do you think they voted it in? Because they see those dollar signs,” said 14-year Hanover resident Kathy Sklarek, who lives just a quarter-of-a-mile from the proposed data center site.

Living for Coal, Dying for Breath

"Anti-Flock advocates were not able to convince the Council to join other Virginia cities in prohibiting public money from being spent on the surveillance technology."

"Columbia Gas of Virginia is asking state regulators for a revenue increase that would raise the average residential customer’s monthly bill by about $14 in two phases."

"Virginia has long been known for its high levels of imported landfilled trash and for the disproportionate location of many landfills in marginalized communities."

The VA AFL-CIO calls Gov. Spanberger's veto of collective bargaining legislation "a devastating betrayal," "shameful"; vows "this fight is not over" and "Virginia workers will not forget it." bluevirginia.us/2026/05/va-g...

Authorities are planning to tranquilize and relocate a black bear found in Richmond's Oregon Hill neighborhood on Thursday morning.

Virginia health officials declared a measles outbreak in Buckingham County, identifying 12 cases as of May 13, 2026.

Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform:

"Chesterfield Judge Edward Robbins sentenced a former Henrico County police officer to 20 years on Thursday for abusing his two elementary-age sons and allowing his fiancée to abuse them as well."

Virginia Democrats want SCOTUS to restore the 10-1 congressional map that voters approved in April. I think the VA Supreme Court decision was atrociously wrong, but it was clearly rooted in state law. SCOTUS doesn't have strong grounds to intervene in this dispute—there's no federal question.

"The arrest in Henrico which culminated in Alam’s sentencing on Thursday was believed to the be first post-clemency incidence of charges in connection with a new crime for a pardoned US Capitol attacker."

"Curtis Whateley used his license plate that read “FTP&ATF,” an acronym for “Fuck the police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” for over a year before the Department of Motor Vehicles received an anonymous complaint."

"Given the dire economic situation facing small farms in Virginia today, “cattle-voltaics” could offer a lifeline for rural communities, columnist Ivy Main writes."

"Secrecy on this issue, unfortunately, makes this already complex question even more difficult to answer."

"Richmond officials have yet to comply with a local law requiring financial data to be posted online — and when The Richmonder requested the records, the city quoted a $5,732.40 fee to provide them."

"Secrecy on this issue, unfortunately, makes this already complex question even more difficult to answer."

"This is one I'm glad to get off my plate," said Kevin Huennekens, a federal judge who oversaw the case from the beginning. "It's been a long, strange journey."

"Now, there may be as many as 90,000 skill games across the state. Big profits are at issue."

"The top five salaries at VCU round out to over 3.6 million dollars. The top ten, 6.3 million. The top twenty, just over 11 million — more than the bottom 423 earners on the payroll."

"I voted against it initially. I wish I had stuck with my guns," he told the Richmond Times-Dispatch last month.

"Gov. Abigail Spanberger is weighing whether to sign or veto legislation that would, for the first time, allow Virginians to file class action lawsuits in state courts..."

"As Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden wraps up its two-year expansion project, the union that represents its workers is ramping up its push for better pay."

"On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, these newspaper boxes will host their last issues. For many readers, this is somewhat of a bittersweet moment as the print issue of Collegiate Times takes its final journey around campus."

"Our research doesn't say anything about intent. We don't know why these cameras were put up in predominantly Black and brown neighborhoods,” Keener said. “But no matter the intent, the impacts are the same.

"Dominion Energy is aiming to expand their portfolio of energy sources in Virginia with a massive 3,000 megawatt (3 gigawatts) combined cycle natural gas plant in Cumberland County."

"Given the dire economic situation facing small farms in Virginia today, “cattle-voltaics” could offer a lifeline for rural communities, columnist Ivy Main writes."

"A Blacksburg-based nonprofit has eliminated more than $51 million of medical debt for 35,007 residents in Southwest Virginia, according to a press release."

"Here’s the dilemma for Jones: If he acts, he’s got to be prepared to go to court to enforce his opinion. If he doesn’t act, he creates a precedent that critics will say disenfranchises some voters — a bad look for a Democratic attorney general."

Virginia Department of Corrections planned terminations to avoid ‘negative impact on the agency’s image’

"Curtis Whateley used his license plate that read “FTP&ATF,” an acronym for “Fuck the police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” for over a year before the Department of Motor Vehicles received an anonymous complaint."

"The Richmond Free Press donated its 34-year archive to the Richmond Public Library, transferring hundreds of boxes of files, photographs and back issues ahead of the sale of its downtown building this week."

"Nearly every car driving onto or leaving Norfolk State University passes by a solar-powered camera mounted near campus entry and exit points."

"A malicious actor may have gotten access to the personal data of Hanover County Public Schools (HCPS) students and staff during an attempted ransomware attack in March."

"All Richmond Circuit Court judges have recused themselves from presiding over the case, leaving it to the Supreme Court of Virginia to appoint an outside judge to hear the matter. The judge has not yet been identified..."

"Let’s put this another way: A petition mostly signed by voters in Martinsville’s only majority-white precinct managed to temporarily oust the city’s Black mayor — and could still lead to his permanent removal."

"A judge sentenced a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter to seven years in prison on Wednesday for a May 2025 burglary in Henrico County."