Southside Virginia Archives

Below the James, under the earth

Southside is a magnet for mineral prospectors, from copper to gold to uranium. Why is the geology so interesting there?

A look at geopolitical power: Which localities in Southwest and Southside will gain influence and which ones will lose.

Lynchburg continues to have one of the lowest infection rates among major cities in Virginia.

Youngkin won back some suburban voters the party has lost but also maximized the Republican vote in rural Virginia even more.

A coalition of business leaders wants state to commit to training workers for high-demand fields.

Some thoughts on how to build a new economy in Southwest and Southside Virginia.

Here’s an easy way for counties that are losing population to reverse their demographic trends. Will they seize the opportunity?

The biggest problem is that it would reduce the influence of Southside Virginia by making the Richmond suburbs the population center of the district.

A game of give and take: Virginia Redistricting Commission moves onto congressional maps with a first compromise

The candidates for governor are running on national issues instead of the issues they’ll actually have to deal with in office.