Opinion

Virginia’s largest metro needs to diversify its economy to reduce its dependence on the federal government. That will impact the entire state.

The attorney general’s office said a preliminary report has ruled out stress from the move as a cause of death; toxicology report is pending with a focus on a drug that the zoo administered before the animal was moved.

Why a giant Appalachian salamander is the perfect mascot for Southwest Virginia baseball.

Spanberger has no record in state government but has released policy positions. Earle-Sears has only a thin record in state government and has been mum on details.

The Trump administration’s proposal to slash Appalachian Regional Commission funding by 93% — from over $200 million to just $14 million — threatens to sever one of Southwest Virginia’s most vital economic arteries.

Talking about doing away with the tax is easy and popular; actually doing so is not. For one thing, it’s not a state tax, it’s a local tax.

The State Board of Elections has released the list of who has made this year’s ballot. In western Virginia, 71% of school board seats are uncontested.

Democrats hold strong campaign finance leads in many races across Virginia this year, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.

The poll shows Democrats leading all three statewide races, two of them by double-digit margins.

The faculty want “shared governance.” There’s nothing in state law that mandates that, though. What we have is a culture clash between a liberal faculty and a conservative governing board.