Hotter summers, fewer brook trout and duller fall colors will impact Shenandoah National Park over the next century because of climate change, states a report released Wednesday by two non-profit environmental organizations.

HARRISONBURG - The state agency that regulates oil and gas production in Virginia disputed Wednesday the findings of a report critical of a natural gas drilling permit application in Rockingham County.

Area high school fans wanting to see tight district races this fall could be in for a disappointment. Robert E. Lee and Riverheads are the clear-cut favorites to win the Southern Valley and Shenandoah districts title, respectively.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Things are finally looking up for the Atlantic Coast Conference with a league-record five football teams ranked 20th or higher in the preseason poll and some traditional powers poised for breakout years. Or maybe its merely another chance for the beaten-down conference to disappoint.…

He told Morgan Lockett's attorney that he could renew the motion.brpMorgan Elizabeth Ward Lockett was so abused by her husband that she may not have been able to form the intent to kill her son Aveion Lewis -- the intent necessary to sustain the first-degree murder charge against her, one of her attorneys…