The state and federal governments are allocating $1.69 million to clean up damage caused by acid mine drainage from abandoned coal mines in southwest Virginia.

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb is a decorated Vietnam Marine combat veteran, he served as the first assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs and later as secretary of the Navy.

Legislature reconvenes today to consider governor's amendments to the two-year, $85 billion state budget and elect judges.

 

Gov. Bob McDonnell says the final year of the single, nonrenewable term Virginia affords him may be the right time for him to push sweeping tax and fiscal reforms as his legacy.

The city celebrated Public Works Day and a joint promotion of Discovering Community Assets at the old landfill site.

Romney returned Saturday to battleground Virginia for the 3rd time in two weeks to a symbolic venue: the Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr.-founded Liberty University.

Democratic Senate hopeful Timothy M. Kaine says a key step in building a workforce trained for the future is to ensure all children are prepared to enter kindergarten. And he offers his record as governor as proof of his commitment to that goal.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did not explicitly mention his Mormon faith at Liberty University's commencement Saturday but reached out to the evangelical audience by invoking shared values of family and service.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate and veteran Del. Robert G. Marshall's love affair with political mischief began at an early age.

The Obama campaign has released a TV ad in Virginia focusing on the auto industry bailout — the second TV ad that the campaign released to run here this week.