
Sens. Warner, Kaine call for additional funding to respond to Zika virus
As the threat of the Zika virus grows, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined colleagues in urging President Obama to devote increased funding.

As the threat of the Zika virus grows, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined colleagues in urging President Obama to devote increased funding.

The longer a hip fracture patient stays in a hospital, the more likely that patient will die within 30 days of leaving.

The House of Delegates passed a constitutional amendment providing for a November referendum on placing right to work language in the Virginia Constitution.

Republican members of the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday outlined their legislative agenda to foster job creation.

Some of the most widely used commercial chemicals to kill bedbugs are not effective because the pesky insects have built up a tolerance to them.

Arkay Packaging Corporation, one of the world’s premiere folding carton manufacturing companies, will invest $11 million to expand its operation in Botetourt County.

The Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its work in placing homeless animals into adoptive homes.

Last week President Obama put an end to the use of solitary confinement on youth locked up in the federal prison system.

The Iowa caucuses are set to begin at 7 p.m. local time Monday. As they do, a winter storm will be barreling down on the Hawkeye State.

The Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center has selected Cornell University President Elizabeth Garrett to receive the University of Virginia’s 2016 Distinguished Alumna Award.
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