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Mary Sue Terry, the first — and until Nov. 2, the only — woman elected statewide in Virginia has had seven careers.

Mary Sue Terry, the first — and until Nov. 2, the only — woman elected statewide in Virginia has had seven careers.

I’ll confess: I didn’t grow up with a dream of becoming a journalist. Nor, when I became a journalist, did I dream of writing editorials. Nonetheless, here I am.

A politician running for the House of Delegates has been showing up at recent Franklin County School Board meetings, campaigning for election. Finally, the board said its had enough.

Three candidates have all said they are not part of a slate, but are being boosted together by the Patriot Network of Franklin County, an activist group opposed to mask

Democrat Bridgette Craighead and Republican Wren Williams are vying to succeed Charles Poindexter.

MEADOWS OF DAN — Governor Ralph Northam this week broke ground on a $300 million project to widen 7.4 miles of Route 58 in Patrick County over Lovers Leap Mountain. The groundbreaking is the next phase of a larger project to create a continuous four-lane highway between Virginia Beach and Interstate 77. The groundbreaking ceremony was held at Fred Clifton Park in Meadows of Dan at an overlook near Route 58.

ARARAT, Va. — On a Patrick County hillside Saturday afternoon, people could close their eyes and easily imagine they were somewhere such as Manassas or Antietam…

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management has announced the award of more than $2.6 million in grant funding for the EMPG program

Governor Ralph Northam, 73rd Governor of Virginia