The cost estimate for Norfolk’s delayed coastal storm risk management plan has more than doubled to $6.1 billion from $2.66 billion, officials confirmed this week, making the city’s required ...

By Katherine Hafner/WHRO Each summer for nearly four decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center have tethered some baby blue crabs along a Chesapeake Bay tributary. Then they ...

More than 2 million Virginians rely on state social services like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, while about 400,000 Virginians get their health insurance through the ...

In a 4-1 vote, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted to approve a conditional use permit for a natural gas plant.

PJM supports major transmission project that could span nine counties to meet rising demand, but residents and officials raise concerns over routing and cost.

The Virginia General Assembly has doused the flame on its 2026 winter session without completing its most important and ...

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is pressing Congress to force refunds on billions of dollars in tariffs imposed under President Donald Trump, arguing the federal government must quickly repay ...

Five years after Virginia legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana but failed to create a way for people to legally buy it, state lawmakers last week approved legislation establishing a ...

Despite the Virginia Clean Economy's path to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2025, Instead of ramping up additions of solar and storage, utilities are importing more fossil fuel electricity from other ...

Less than a week after a fresh batch of bills cleared the Virginia General Assembly and were sent to Gov. Abigail Spanberger, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ announced a 13 ...