Tom Horton: An egregious gamble with Chesapeake Bay sturgeon
There are a lot of reasons why 40 years of Bay-saving hasn’t saved the Chesapeake Bay, but a dismaying example was on display recently in my hometown of Federalsburg, Md.
There are a lot of reasons why 40 years of Bay-saving hasn’t saved the Chesapeake Bay, but a dismaying example was on display recently in my hometown of Federalsburg, Md.

Looking at the skinny elm sapling reaching for the sky in his backyard, James Bryant said that he hopes he lives long enough to be able to sit under its canopy and read a book in summer.

UVA Basketball held its annual Blue-White scrimmage Saturday afternoon in John Paul Jones Arena. For those fans that attended the last regular season contest of the 2021-2022 season, a loss in the quarterfinals of the NIT to St. Bonaventure, that game may have seemed like 50 years ago.

Customers of Dominion Energy Virginia may now participate in shared solar initiatives, after the State Corporation Commission approved the program.

The year 2025 was on the minds of members of the Chesapeake Executive Council who gathered Tuesday for their annual meeting.
Children and teens from Central Virginia are on the path to healing after a day camp in Free Union.

The Virginia Department of Forestry is offering the purchase of a wide variety of trees through an online seedling store.
When there is extreme weather including flooding, heat waves, and extreme cold, the government gets to work to ensure its disaster-relief spending has the greatest impact. The analysis is often based on damages to infrastructure.
The Town of Bedford, Patrick County, the Town of Saltville and Smyth County have been awarded grants totaling $847,000 to restore and redevelop brownfield sites.
The University of Virginia and its partners have broken ground on a new 223,000-square-foot hotel and conference center in Charlottesville, which is targeting a spring 2025 debut.
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