
Stop the spotted lanternfly: Virginia Tech campaign raises awareness of dangers
Virginia’s most infamous hitchhiker is on the move again: the spotted lanternfly.

Virginia’s most infamous hitchhiker is on the move again: the spotted lanternfly.
It’s hard to imagine Virginia Tech without Nikki Giovanni, but the legendary poet has decided that it is time to close the classroom chapter. She is retiring after 35 years as a professor in the Department of English, effective today.

True freshman McKale Boley is getting a chance at earning a starting job on the offensive line at Virginia.

Large- and utility-scale solar facilities are a fast-growing source of electricity in Virginia and a key component of the Commonwealth’s decarbonization strategy.

After a year of planning, the Arcadia Project and Visulite Cinema will present a new season of “Music at the Movies.”
Nearly 75 percent of the world’s coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures and local human activity, said Anne Staples, an associate professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels had the potential tying run at the plate in the top of the ninth, but fell short in their comeback effort in a 4-2 loss against the Akron RubberDucks Friday night at Canal Park.

Virginia’s Executive Mansion, the oldest purpose-built governor’s home in the United States, will reopen to the public for tours on Friday, Sept. 2.

Virginia State Police responded to a single single-vehicle crash on the ramp to I-64 east from I-295 northbound, Exit 53 B in Henrico County, on Wednesday at 1:20 a.m.

A Mechanicsville man was among three found guilty in a Washington, D.C., court on Tuesday of assaulting police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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