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Eric Phillips, R-Henry, will be the new delegate for District 48, representing Martinsville, Henry and Pittyslvania counties in the Virginia House of Delegates when the session begins Wednesday.

Melody Cartwright, D-Martinsville, and Eric Phillips, R-Henry County, are running to represent District 48 in the Virginia House of Delegates, an area that includes the city of Martinsville and the counties of Henry and Pittsylvania County.

With most of 2023 now in the rearview mirror, its time once again to take a look back and consider the most significant stories of the year.

Eric Phillips won a contentious mass meeting vote Thursday night, becoming the Republicans choice to replace Del. Les Adams, who announced plans to resign at the end of his current term next month.

Eric Phillips won a contentious mass meeting vote Thursday night, becoming the Republicans choice to replace Del. Les Adams, who announced plans to resign at the end of his current term next month.

Once a sure-fire way for families to see savings on back-to-school supplies, Virginia’s early-August tax holiday expired on July 1 when the Virginia General Assembly failed to renew it.

A former Magna Vista High School student was sentenced to an active prison term of four months on Tuesday in Henry County Circuit Court.

Pulaski County Commonwealth’s Attorney Justin Griffith. Patrick County Circuit Court Clerk Sherri Hazlewood submits her resignation as a petition seeking

The charge against a Westover Academy parent was deferred for a year, pending some conditions.

In the 1970s, Oregonians looked to California and didn't want the same fate for their state. A new crop of young legislators in Salem saw an opportunity to advance an ambitious agenda. It took nearly a decade to put in place a system that has some of the strongest protections in the U.S. for farms, forests and other open spaces.