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A study published in Educational Researcher analyzed 5,600 students who switched from a S.T.E.M. major before earning a degree. According to the study, data showed that more than two-thirds of those students were Black or Latinx.
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A large majority of Virginia residents will not be traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, and over 40 percent of those staying home say it is because of COVID-19 concerns.
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Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to issue a stay pending appeal while it considered a challenge brought by environmental groups to the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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The ACLU of Virginia is representing Kenton Vizdos, a senior at Deep Run High School in Henrico County, who was suspended from school for silently protesting against racism in his school and across the country.
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The world is going green, and that means solar energy is becoming more accessible than ever before.
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From time to time, we hear on the news or read on the internet about some super lucky people who have won millions in online gambling. Slots are usually the ones that offer the biggest payouts.
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Gov. Ralph Northam’s state-mandated lockdown placed restrictions on all kinds of businesses and encouraged residents to stay home to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, but perhaps no industry was as affected as local restaurants.
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The effort dating back to 2001 to develop a trail system out of a 4,700-foot abandoned train tunnel at Rockfish Gap in Nelson County has finally come to fruition.
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Going to a party or sitting at a table with friends, when drinking a lot of alcohol is implied, we don’t even think that ethyl alcohol is harmful to the body and leads to irreparable consequences.
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More than 300 people from literally across the world are registered for this weekend’s 25th annual Call of the Wild conference being hosted by the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro.
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