After beginning his career as a civil rights lawyer, he helped usher in an era of African American leadership in the former capital of the Confederacy.

The Virginia Department of Social Services expects to clear a backlog of criminal background checks by February 3.

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A Central Virginia teenager is one of two children in Virginia whose recent deaths were blamed on the flu, according to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).

In celebration of Black History Month, the Library of Virginia will host two free events in support of Virginia Opera's "Loving v. Virginia," which is a retelling of the true story of an interracial couple's marriage in 1958 that sparked a landmark Supreme Court case.

Some residents of an apartment complex in Fairfax County, Virginia, say they’re alarmed and frightened after waking up to loud door knocks from federal agents early Sunday morning.

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - A Virginia Senate committee has voted to “pass by indefinitely” a bill that would force accountability by American Electric Power, which operates as Appalachian Power in Virginia.

Abigail Spanberger left the U.S. House for good, she strolled onto the floor of a different political chamber: the Virginia House of Delegates. The three-term congresswoman, now vying to be the state’s next governor,

Two children in Virginia have died from the flu, marking the state's first influenza-related fatalities among children this season, according to the Virginia Department of Health.

Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a bipartisan move approved legislation to strip tax-exempt status from organizations tied to the Confederacy.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently announced that over 230 airports will now be accepting Virginia-issued digital IDs.

For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Library of Virginia is remembering Gerda Nothmann Luner, a Berlin native who survived German concentration camps and later lived in Richmond.