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Blue Ridge Parkway gets $75M for improvements in Roanoke Corridor

The Blue Ridge Parkway is getting about $75 million in Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Funding for major road and safety improvements along the park's corridor.

Republican group takes rare step of targeting GOP incumbent who voted to oust McCarthy

Virginia governor swiftly signs compromise budget deal

Police investigating weekend motorcycle crash on I-81

The Virginia State Police reports the crash occurred around 7:10 p.m. Saturday near mile marker 226 in Augusta County.

New program offers help to pay for protecting ash trees from invasive beetle

The Virginia Department of Forestry has launched the Emerald Ash Borer Treatment Cost-Share Program.

Ex-government employee charged with falsely accusing co-workers of joining Capitol riot

Court records unsealed on Friday say that Miguel Eugenio Zapata was arrested in Chantilly, Virginia, on Thursday on a charge that he made false statements to law enforcement.

Driver charged in crash involving sheriff's deputy's vehicle

The crash occurred around 5:45 a.m. Friday on Interstate 81 near the 292 mile marker.

Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners

A judge declared a mistrial after a jury said it was deadlocked and couldn't reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago.

Life sentence for gang member who turned northern Virginia into 'hunting ground'

Prosecutors said at a federal sentencing hearing Tuesday that the deaths in 2019 in Prince William County stood out even amid the brutal backdrop of previous MS-13 slayings.

Military veteran charged with attempting to make ricin to remain jailed

A judge has ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member to remain jailed pending trial on charges he attempted to make ricin, a biological toxin ricin.

TSA officers spot loaded firearm in carry-on bag at Richmond International

A man from Powhatan is facing a weapons charge after a loaded firearm was found in his carry-on bag at the Richmond International Airport.

Jury in Abu Ghraib trial says it is deadlocked; judge orders deliberations to continue

A judge ordered jurors Friday to keep deliberating after they said they were deadlocked in a lawsuit alleging a Virginia-based military contractor is liable for abuses suffered by inmates at the Abu Ghraib prion in Iraq two decades ago.

Former Virginia hospital medical director acquitted of sexually abusing ex-patients

The former medical director of a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children and young adults has been acquitted of sexually abusing two teenage patients during physical exams.

Noncitizen accused of child sex crimes taken into federal custody

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C. caught the 30-year-old Honduran national who is accused of sex crimes against a Virginia minor.

Governor Glenn Youngkin signs over 60 new bills into law

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a total of 64 bills into law late Friday and vetoed eight others.

Federal judge rules against NCAA in case spearheaded by Miyares

A federal judge in Tennessee blocked the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image, and likeness from being utilized in the athlete recruitment process.