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A new Hampton program aims to help residents address shoreline erosion by allowing some funds to be provided upfront rather than solely requiring them to pay for improvements themselves and then seek reimbursement.

Fort Barfoot, formerly known as Fort Pickett, became the first of nine US military bases with Confederate references to get a new name, which now honors a decorated officer who fought in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

A quarter of 85 school divisions surveyed had a chronic absenteeism rate of over 25% by Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury Virginia education leaders are mulling another temporary pause in the use of chronic absenteeism as a factor the state considers in school accreditation decisions because of increases in student absences due to the spread of…

For many localities in Virginia, school board seats will be up for grabs this fall. That means you’ll be seeing a slew of candidates announce their bids for your vote in the coming months, if they haven’t started popping up already. 

Glenn Youngkin won election two years ago as a purported moderate focused on making Virginia a better place to live and work. His recent actions and travel schedule indicate that his focus is actually everywhere but the Old Dominion.

A report from Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review finds “unusually large change to the proportion of teachers with a provisional license.”

A recent ruling by a federal judge means that for 150 million Americans, insurance companies may no longer have to pay for important health care services like cancer screenings, heart disease screenings, prenatal care, and treatments to help prevent diseases like HIV.

As the federal public health emergency spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic expires this May, so will waivers that expanded the amount of health care services patients can access through telehealth. 

If you’re in Northern Virginia, consider brunching at one of these eight restaurants. You’ll surely get your fair share of savory eggs, as well as lip-smacking brunch cocktails. 

A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood.”