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A West Virginia state senator is inviting Augusta and Rockingham counties locally among 25 in Virginia and three in Maryland to become part of West Virginia.

Virginia’s senior senator, Mark Warner, opposes the move.

Virginia’s deal included no payment at all.

With local food banks needing donors to up their games as what was already record demand surges during the government shutdown, a group of local musicians is putting together a Thanksgiving weekend fundraiser in Fluvanna County named for the famous 1969 music festival Woodstock.

Probably a couple of years away from human trials, new University of Virginia School of Medicine research has found in mouse studies the physiological cause of Alzheimer’s patients forgetting family and friends, and a way to prevent it.

For a countless number of older adults, Dementia and Alzheimer’s can be debilitating, but […]

Kaijon Cortez Sholes is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The administrator who began work as Page County Schools Superintendent just four months ago is taking what is described as an “extended and unexpected” leave of absence.

Ashley Watkins was last seen in Earlysville early Friday morning.

Just weeks before the always-busy Thanksgiving travel period, the Federal Aviation Administration has informed airports and airlines that it may mandate a 10% reduction in flights if the shutdown doesn’t end soon.