
Press Conference: Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer
Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the media before his team’s game this weekend against Georgia Tech.

Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the media before his team’s game this weekend against Georgia Tech.

One Book One Community is returning to the Staunton-Augusta County-Waynesboro area. This cooperative venture is designed to bring the community together through the experience of reading the same book.

UVa. football coach Mike London talks with members of the media before his team’s game this weekend at Pittsburgh.

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe released his plan to strengthen Virginia’s cities, “Investing in Virginia’s Urban Centers,” on Monday.

Prices at the pump have retreated in recent days, due in part to reduced crude oil prices and the switch to less expensive winter-blended gasoline.

At the annual meeting of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, state agricultural officials from around the country reaffirmed their support of the goals of the Food Safety Modernization Act.

As we approach the looming implementation of the President’s health care law, efforts to stop this law in its tracks continue in the House of Representatives. My concerns surrounding the real impacts of this law on hardworking American families have only grown since it was forced through Congress three years ago.

The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team suffered its first loss of the season, falling to No. 1 North Carolina, 2-1, Friday night (Sept. 20) at Turf Field.

The Waynesboro Generals announced today that D.J. King has been hired as the team’s new head coach.

The UVa. women’s soccer team, playing its first game as the nation’s top-ranked team in 23 years, rallied for a 2-1 victory at Boston College in its road opener Thursday.
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