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The new law says people licensed in other states to practice any of 85 different occupations can practice in Virginia.

Del. Kim Taylors version of the bill passed the House Appropriations Committee Friday and is on its way to the House floor

We talked this week with a Buchanan County resident who doesn’t qualify for flood insurance because she doesn’t live in a flood zone.

Six weeks have passed since dozens of homes in Buchanan County were damaged or destroyed after a summer storm dumped six inches of rain.

Longtime Southwest Virginia lawmaker Joe Johnson died Friday following a lifetime of service. He was 90.

State transportation officials toured the highway worksite between the Kentucky border and Grundy Wednesday, prior to the Commonwealth Transportation Board’s public listening session.

Extreme precipitation events are becoming more common due to climate change. Environmental advocates and some officials warn that means more flooding, costing Virginia billions of dollars and threatening residents’ safety. Unless protection efforts receive proper funding soon, they warn, the problem will only get worse.

RICHMOND — Yvonne Rife was in the attic holding her dog Lucy as her Buchanan County home was swept off its foundation and carried a quarter of a mile by

Proposed environmental bills for the 2022 General Assembly session include repealing carbon dioxide regulations, creating a state flood policy board, discouraging invasive plant species, restricting solar farms and more.

While officials are keeping the details of a ransomware attack on the General Assembly quiet, lawmakers said bill drafting is impeded, but continuing.