The numbers behind Virginia’s population growth: Who’s moving in, who’s moving out
Virginia’s population doesn’t grow by accident. Every year, the Census Bureau tracks three forces that determine whether a state gets bigger or smaller.
Virginia’s population doesn’t grow by accident. Every year, the Census Bureau tracks three forces that determine whether a state gets bigger or smaller.
WTJU 91.1 FM in Charlottesville will devote a full week to jazz and blues during its 2026 Jazz Marathon, airing Sept. 28-Oct. 4.
From Staunton native and trailblazer William Haines to Fairfax native and “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis, Virginia has produced a fair share of notable actors.

Election Day for our 2026 midterms, and local races in Harrisonburg, Staunton and Waynesboro, among other localities in Virginia, is Tuesday, Nov. 3, but early voting begins this coming Friday, Sept. 18.
Eleven of the 24 counties in the Fifth District, which runs a long way down 29, from Charlottesville to the North Carolina border, through Lynchburg and Danville, and down 15 through Farmville, and 360 to South Boston, and a lot of wide open space, have no OB-GYN.
The Tom Perriello campaign sent out a release this morning poking at John McGuire for paying $25K to sit in the nose-bleeds at the Trump midterm convention in Dallas last night.
Here are some highlights from the schedule of book talks at New Dominion Bookshop in Downtown Charlottesville for the month of September.
With a few weeks left in the 2026 Major League Baseball season, 30 players born in Virginia have appeared in at least one MLB game this year.
You probably know that only Staunton (and Charlottesville) have rail stations with Amtrak service, and that no other Shenandoah Valley city or town or county north of Staunton has train service.
ODU Football will open its 2026 season on Saturday with a tribute to Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, an ODU professor and Staunton native who was murdered in his ROTC classroom earlier this year.
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