The Virginia Department of Transportation has upgraded the fog light system on Afton Mountain and a stretch of Interstate 64 to a system of LED lamps that... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The seemingly endless stacks of filing cabinets inside a West Virginia warehouse could hold the answer to an unsolved mystery: Who owns nearly $17 billion... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The polo promoter and one-time winery operator who crashed President Barack Obama’s first state dinner is one of 15 hand-picked Virginians who shape... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said yesterday. The Secret Service... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia Tech’s Seismological Observatory says a small earthquake that struck central Virginia prompted numerous reports of weak to light shaking... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will be on hand for the groundbreaking Tuesday on a new psychiatric hospital that continues a long Virginia tradition. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia’s first couple is getting ready to mark their last Christmas in the Executive Mansion. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Hound dogs and beagles abandoned in rural Virginia counties are finding homes in Arlington County thanks to Homeward Trails Animal Rescue and its supporters... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Three Virginians, including a Henrico County man, have been killed in automobile-related fatalities during the Thanksgiving holiday, Virginia State Police... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Environmental Protection Agency said in late summer that more pollution is going into the Chesapeake Bay than it previously estimated. For example,... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A medical student who died yesterday after a daylong effort to rescue him 150 feet underground was an outdoors lover and experienced caver who was expecting... Richmond Times-Dispatch

VIRGINIA, Va.—It’s probably the last time that Timothy M. Kaine will step outside his house in the morning to find two dead deer and a turkey... Richmond Times-Dispatch

As Radford University celebrates its 100th birthday during the next year, the school’s president has promised that the contributions of the area’s... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and first lady Anne Holton stood outside the Executive Mansion today to preside over a Thanksgiving tradition that dates... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Virginia man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death during a 26-hour standoff with police in West Virginia will go to trial in February. Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Virginia Beach woman has admitted participating in the stabbing of a soldier at Fort Eustis and to helping the suspect flee. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Funeral services are scheduled at Arlington National Cemetery for a soldier who was killed in the shooting at Fort Hood. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Lynchburg-born astronaut Leland Melvin is roughly 230 miles above Earth, but that’s not stopping him from talking to his fans. Melvin, a University... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford, said yesterday that he wants to improve ethics procedures that caused an investigation of former Del.... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Corrections officials are investigating whether inmates are being denied access to religious services at Virginia’s largest women’s prison,... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Baffuto, Mrs. Gloria E., of Highland Springs, widow of Thomas Baffuto. Bell, Mr. Edward Charles, 49, of Richmond, an Army veteran. Berkle, Mrs. Martha... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who leaves office in January, today encouraged people with nonviolent felony convictions who have paid their debt to society to... Richmond Times-Dispatch

High levels of carbon monoxide have forced two evacuations of a building housing the Staunton Police Department and City Hall in the past week. Richmond Times-Dispatch

For the last two Wednesday-to-Sunday travel periods surrounding Thanksgiving, there were 31 fatalities on the road. Thirty-nine percent weren’t wearing... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia is buying back 359 commercial crab licenses to ease pressure on the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population. Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Vermont judge has granted sole custody of a girl to her nonbiological mother in a custody dispute involving a former lesbian couple. Family Court Judge... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A little rain is in the Thanksgiving holiday forecast, but it shouldn’t be enough to interfere with travel plans, officials said yesterday. Brief... Richmond Times-Dispatch

On Saturday, the day the U.S. Senate voted to move health-care legislation to the floor, Sen. Jim Webb’s office received 1,200 calls at the front... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The results stayed the same, but the turnout grew after a certification of the Nov. 3 elections by the State Board of Elections yesterday. A total of 2,168,574... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Facing a projected budget gap of as much as $3.5 billion, there is no doubt that the two-year spending plan being prepared by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will... Richmond Times-Dispatch