Six Virginia Indian Tribes want to save the site of Powhatan’s Birthplace
The historic birthplace of Chief Powhatan, WaHōnSeNaKah, is under threat from a planned development, because we can’t have paradise, we need more parking lots.
The historic birthplace of Chief Powhatan, WaHōnSeNaKah, is under threat from a planned development, because we can’t have paradise, we need more parking lots.
The recent outbreak of measles in Buckingham County has our attention, and the attention of the Virginia Department of Health, which is launching a new measles dashboard, so that we can all keep up with what’s going on.

Your favorite local Realtor® should be doing well, based on the April 2026 Virginia Home Sales Report, from the Virginia Association of REALTORS®.
A Virginia man who used a MAGA social media platform to threaten Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Barack Obama, is, for now, at least, facing 30 months in prison.
Virginia, which saw a referendum erased by four MAGA justices on our state Supreme Court, has a Democrat in office as governor, and a Democrat in office as attorney general.
As expected, the Virginia General Assembly met last month in “pro forma” session and promptly recessed, indicating the Commonwealth has yet to pass a two-year budget.
The U.S. Supreme Court, not surprisingly, is not even going to hear the challenge from Virginia Democrats to the state Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the April 21 redistricting referendum.
Virginia child support is calculated using a statutory formula based on parent incomes, the number of children, custody arrangements, childcare expenses, and health insurance costs.
It’s drought-advisory season again, with the Virginia DEQ telling us today that it has expanded its warning advisory area to include 94 counties and 33 cities, which is pretty much the whole state.
Good news for failed former AG Jason Miyares: he’s no longer unemployed. But here’s the catch: it’s a job with an outfit founded by Mike Pence, who fell out of favor with Team Trump because he failed to “show courage” on a certain Jan. 6.
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