1+ week, 2+ day ago   (588+ words) Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of a nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections. The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the proposed…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (123+ words) Students, teachers, and staff were safely evacuated from Westwood Elementary School in Waynesboro, the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The statement didn’t specify the type of emergency, and a Waynesboro police dispatcher said no further details…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (505+ words) A group of 10 Northern Virginia hikers went missing earlier this week during a religious pilgrimage near the China-Nepal border – an area decimated by flooding – prompting local outreach and mobilization from Nepalese community organizers. Rescue efforts are ongoing in light of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (188+ words) Years into efforts to purge Richmond, Virginia — a former Confederate Capital — of memorials honoring the Confederacy, the Commonwealth of Virginia began removing three more Confederate memorials in the city on Friday. Statues honoring Confederate Generals Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (421+ words) Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents’ Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border. She knows the hotel they were staying…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (840+ words) LOCAL ALERT: Family of man with Down syndrome who spent days trapped in Metro station sues transit agency August 14, 2026, 5:14 PM After more than two hours in the second of two closed sessions, the Shenandoah County School Board voted unanimously 6-0 Thursday…...