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The decisions came during a meeting where board members questioned the school systems decision-making.

The school board also set a calendar for the 2024-25 school year and OKd its first collective bargaining agreement with staff.

The outcome of a majority of contested county Board of Supervisors and School Board races remains unclear Wednesday morning.

One of the big questions in the Roanoke and New River valleys is whether Democrats can win in two newly drawn districts — one in the House and one in Senate.

Voters will have a clear choice between Lindsay Rich and Derek Rountree in District E.

A diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at a leading university in southeastern Virginia may have violated her school’s policy by using work email to forward a message slamming conservative school board candidates as “hateful” and urging readers to canvass for the candidates’ opponents shortly before early voting begins.

Virginia Tech's DEI director forwarded an email branding conservative school board candidates "hateful," which may violate school policies.

A number of candidates running for both the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors and School Board have received endorsements from a political action committee linked to the union for Montgomery

The candidates took part in a forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County and the Montgomery County-Radford City-Floyd County NAACP.

The elected bodies that could see some shakeups this year are the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors and School Board and Christiansburg Town Council.