A group of student auditors asked a dozen localities for public information. The responses clarify where local government deserves credit for transparency and where it falls short of its ...

This whole college sports enterprise is business development that is being financed by student subsidies, and frequently ever higher student loan debt.  As a society, do we do this for any other ...

Before we discard the current congressional map, let’s take a look at how it was drawn, an exercise that takes us to the question of “what constitutes a community of interest?” ...

The lack of big shows or big games is not a failure of management or marketing, it’s simply a fundamental change in the entertainment market. Roanoke needs to keep that in mind as it contemplates ...

Mike Cavanagh is an independent researcher and writer in Alexandria, VA. His email address is [email protected].

Wise County supervisors have agreed not to cut funding for fire and rescue services as they search for ways to slash millions of dollars from the county budget. Meeting Wednesday, supervisors also ...

An immigration attorney said though the number of ICE agents in Roanoke has not changed, changes on the federal level are causing this spike locally.

Del. Dan Helmer, who authored a state law that effectively bans such nominating contests, has asked for an opinion from Attorney General Jay Jones.

Each Thursday, we bring you updates on health policy, community surveys, new clinical studies, programs and services in Southwest and Southside Virginia. In the study, led by Virginia Tech researcher ...

A state law that took effect in 2024 effectively bans firehouse primaries. This is the second time that the Lynchburg Republican committee has tried to work around the law.

Chuck Zimmerman, a 1985 Salem High School graduate, was sailing to New Zealand when the Russians picked him up in international waters on a side trip into the Black Sea. Those who follow Russia ...

The sister of a former Salem man who is being held in Russia after being abducted in international waters asks for others to speak up on her brother’s behalf.