Virginia News

For more than 100 years, the history and heritage of millions of former slaves sat in a dusty warehouse of federal archives.

Another nationally known figure has taken a stand on Wal-Mart's plan to build a Supercenter near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia.

Virginia's transportation chief says the July 2 closure of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel's westbound tube due to flooding was a serious breakdown of the state's transportation system.

The Republican candidate for Virginia governor Thursday laid out four initiatives aimed at bringing jobs to the state - and he took a swipe at the current administration for not doing all it could to attract new business.

Virginia Department of Aging Press Release: An online Medicaid application is now available on Virginia Easy Access, at www.easyaccess.virginia.gov, a Web site designed to help seniors and adults with disabilities find information and services to meet their long-term support needs.

The funds are now available through the children's Health Insurance Program. WASHINGTON, D. C. -- Senator Jay Rockefeller Thursday applauded the availability of $40 million in federal grant funding for outreach programs aimed at families whose children qualify, but are not yet enrolled, in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program , and ...

State officials are planning a summit at community colleges across Virginia to seek solutions from the public on ways to reduce poverty.

Suffolk police are investigating the fatal shooting of a newspaper carrier as he was making deliveries.

Gov. Tim Kaine is set to update Virginia's first-in-the-nation initiative to electronically compile the records of black Virginians whose family history was smudged by slavery and racism.

Virginia social-services officials are investigating a Richmond daycare center after a 13-month-old boy died in one of its vans.

UPDATE 11:06 am : CBS6 has confirmed the epicenter location of last night's earthquake .

Sarah Palin 's decision to step down as Alaska governor was driven in part by her wish to help Republican candidates across the country, associates say.

It's a long shot, but Virginia officials are hoping that they will be able to find a way to reopen 19 closed rest stops on the state's interstate highways in a couple of years.

A Virginian-Pilot carrier was shot and killed about 4 a.m. this morning as he was delivering papers in the 100 block of Brewer Avenue.

A book publisher says it will release a book about sports and politics by former Republican Sen.

Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf was having dinner with his wife near Sterling when he saw someone in a parking lot flash what appeared to be a gang signal.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's office has rejected a second request under the state's Freedom of Information Act for records of where he has traveled, when and for whom.

A proposal to keep jurors anonymous in all criminal trials is under consideration by the Virginia Supreme Court.

The Virginia Department of Transportation plans to host a briefing on last week's closure of the westbound tube of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel that caused massive traffic backups.

In voting 219-212 in favor of a sweeping energy-climate bill Friday, did the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives stop and think about the ramifications - higher energy costs for everyone and a movement away from coal that could cripple West Virginia? Apparently not.