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Day in and day out, Virginia's EMS providers stand ready to respond to citizens in need, providing pre-hospital care to the sick or wounded.

23, 2011 file photo, Mattaponi tribe members hold a deer presented by Mattaponi Chief Carl Custalow as Gov.

An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some people wondering: What goes on behind the wide double doors of the governor's house? The governor's mansion is in some ways a dichotomy: It is ... (more)

Based on earlier reports and comments by those involved, indications pointed to a summer Request for Proposal date for the General Services Administration for the new FBI headquarters.

A Canadian seafood processing company will spend about $6.6 million to upgrade a facility it owns in Newport News.

Virginia has the go-ahead for a major cost-saving experiment that simplifies and consolidates care for people eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare.

The university says in a news release that board members elected Goodwin on Monday to replace George K. Martin.

Opponents of uranium mining in Virginia met with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on the issue and they said he's solidly in their corner, while a meeting with Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli has yet to be arranged.

It was nearly 12 years ago that Michael Maupin lost his voting privileges and other rights in Virginia because of a felony drug conviction.

Alexandria is breaking ground on its new Jefferson-Houston School at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 21 at 1501 Cameron Street and the public is invited to attend the event.

What is it about an elected official that compels rich people to want to give him gifts? Do they look needy? Hungry? Depressed? Is there a secret gift registry of which I'm unaware? Could it be a mentoring program where plutocrats adopt a middle-class governor or attorney general and show them how capitalism has paid off? Sort of a rescue program ... (more)

Ken Cuccinelli and Virginia's Republican Party ticket heading into the state's November bellwether elections couldn't have imagined how the headlines that vexed them a week ago could unite and galvanize the party in a few short days.

The Virginia Legislature has proclaimed May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and to help keep awareness on everyone's minds, Gov.

While national and local media outlets focus on political scandals, sensational stories of celebrity stupidity, and other such nonsense, thousands of children remain in Virginia's foster care system.

I read with interest your profiles of Virginia gubernatorial candidates Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe.

Virginia Republican Party delegates officially nominated Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to run for governor at its state convention Saturday in Richmond.

If Virginia Republicans get their wish, Ken Cuccinelli, E.W. Jackson and Mark Obenshain will be the commonwealth's governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively, come January 2014.

As Bridgewater College's graduating seniors and their families celebrated in Nininger Hall on Saturday, Virginia Supreme Court Justice and Harrisonburg native William C. Mims urged the 301 graduates to remember society's "timeless virtues" and to build meaningful lives.

Moving to consolidate its strength for the continuing political confrontation with proponents of harming the earth, I mean proponents of uranium mining , the Roanoke River Basin Association announced that CommonHealthVA is now part of the RRBA family.

Aneesh Chopra , one of two Democrats running for Virginia's Lt. Gov. seat, wants to reverse controversial legislation backed by Republican Gov.