Teachers gather at Montpelier for a week-long conference
Educators all across the country are learning how to better teach U.S Government to their students.
Annette Clark jumping out of a plane on WednesdayYou often hear stories about people going to great lengths for causes they believe in, but on Wednesday one Virginia woman went to great heights.
Downtown Orange is cleaning up some politically-oriented graffiti. Several spots around town were marked with messages against presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Louisa County Animal Shelter has been awarded a second grant by the Petco Foundation to support the shelter’s outreach initiatives and increase its efforts and lifesaving capability.
A presidential estate in central Virginia is recognizing an important day in African-American history: the end of slavery.
A flight expert says a small plane flown by a 16-year-old may have stalled before it plummeted to the ground, killing the teenager.
Dominion Virginia PowerMore than one million Dominion Virginia Power customers are now enrolled in eBill. Dominion says eBill enrollments save 337,000 pounds of paper, the equivalent to 4,044 trees, annually.
The commonwealth could get as much as $17 million of federal funding for combating the addictive and deadly heroin abuse problem.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced that Virginia farmers expect to harvest 11.7 million bushels of winter wheat during 2016.
File Image: Virginia Department of Transportation logoBeginning Tuesday, the Virginia Department of Transportation will replace two driveway entrance pipes and perform shoulder repairs along Route 20 (Constitution Highway) in Orange County.
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative awarded $16,000 in scholarships. The scholarships are awarded to select graduating high school seniors from the communities served by REC.
The Virginia Industrial Hemp Coalition is raising awareness about the history of the cash crop. Sunday, the coalition hosted the Virginia Hemp History Day at Vanguard Ranch.
Soon people in Orange County could be enjoying a new pedestrian trail. It's all thanks to a grant from the Virginia Tourism Corporation.
The Fireman’s Fair in the town of Orange will be in town through Sunday. Proceeds will benefit the town’s all volunteer fire company.
Six horses rescued from Peaceable Farms in 2015 have now been seized by authorities in King William County due to a report of poor conditions at New Beginnings Horse Rescue.
Anne Goland, the woman at the center of an animal cruelty investigation, pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges related to her Peaceable Farm nonprofit.
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