17+ hour, 52+ min ago   (433+ words) BLACKSBURG - Virginia Tech football swooped past Old Dominion 44-21 Saturday afternoon to move to 2-0 for the first time since 2021. Here are the five most pertinent quotes from head coach James Franklin after the Hokies' 23-point victory. In the first half of…...

11+ hour, 45+ min ago   (314+ words) FILE - A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Nov. 1, 2025. VIRGINIA - Virginia will start rolling out new, more secure Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, with "chip-and-tap" technology in an effort to stop Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (992+ words) BLACKSBURG –Virginia Tech opened the 2026 season in spectacular fashion last week with a dominant 73-3 victory over VMI. This Saturday, the Hokies look to remain unbeaten when they face another in-state opponent: Old Dominion. The Hokies will kick off against Old…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (388+ words) When a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia in early August, Colombian American Yailenne Escobar knew she had to do something about it. So she brought Colombia to Williamsburg through salsa. According to the United Nations, over 400 people are missing, 300 people…...

22+ hour, 36+ min ago   (705+ words) Virginia is replacing traditional food-assistance benefit cards with chip-enabled versions designed to make it harder for thieves to steal SNAP benefits from families. About 749,000 state residents receive assistance through the program. Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Thursday that the state has…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (398+ words) How does one reconcile the new changes with the old? Slowly, if you want to maintain the character and the rapport of a neighborhood. Newport Heights happens to be a charming place to live because of that mixture of the…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (372+ words) PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth City Council will consider a $100,000 appropriation for improvements at Mound Park during its regular meeting Monday, Sept. 14. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Portsmouth City Hall. The proposed ordinance, listed for third reading, would appropriate $100,000 from Capital…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1264+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — When Justice Pinkston came home from J.B. Fisher Elementary School with five free books, her parents had questions. Were they really free? All five of them? Could she really choose whichever books she wanted? “I was like, are…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (320+ words) A $17 billion settlement between the owner of Facebook and 48 states, including Virginia, is a “down payment on reforms” to make social media more accountable to the needs of children, Virginia’s attorney general said. In a media call with Virginia journalists…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (705+ words) Virginia is replacing traditional food-assistance benefit cards with chip-enabled versions designed to make it harder for thieves to steal SNAP benefits from families. About 749,000 state residents receive assistance through the program. Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Thursday that the state has…...