A plastics recycling startup will invest $4.3 million and create 28 jobs in Pittsylvania County, the governor’s office announced Tuesday. Green Recycle USA LLC will turn industrial plastic waste into ...

The Transco compressor station in Chatham. Photo by Grace Mamon. The natural gas pipeline developer The Williams Companies plans another pipeline expansion in Virginia, this time to run from ...

Early voting for the June primaries begins May 2, with primary elections set for June 17. In the general election on November 4, Virginians will vote for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney ...

Virginia Republicans have a lot of challenges going into the 2025 statewide elections: An electorate that has generally (though not always) tilted Democratic. A long-standing historical trend of ...

Large substations, like this one, are needed in Northern Virginia to meet the energy demands of the data center industry. Photo by Grace Mamon. Northern Virginia is home to 35% of the world’s data ...

Footage of Cardinal News editor's vehicle as taken by Staunton Police's Flock Safety LPR camera on Jan. 29, 2025. Two police officers walked into a doughnut shop. It’s not the opening line of a joke; ...

Power lines in Lynchburg. Photo by Matt Busse. Gov. Glenn Youngkin has a chance to deliver a major win for Virginia’s energy security by signing House Bill 2346. This past General Assembly session, ...

In a 2004 interview with the Washington Post, Ricky Haynie of Haynie Farms in Virginia mentioned, “You know what my gravest fear for Black people is?” he asks. “That we’ll end up on reservations. That ...

As a Southern farm boy of a certain generation, I grew up with the movie “Smokey and The Bandit” as a defining work of art. Teachers may have tried to direct our attention to the classics, such as ...

Denise Smith stands in her home in Bland County, where her family has faced decades of health challenges, both before and after Medicaid expansion in Virginia. Photo by Emily Schabacker. Denise Smith ...

In 1895, a 24-year-old man sailed into the San Francisco Bay, returning home after a trip abroad. He’d never been in trouble with the law, had done nothing to attract anyone’s attention — he’d worked ...

The State Capitol. Photo by Bob Brown. For more on the session, check out our new podcast, which debuts with a preview of the General Assembly. Lawmakers will take up thousands of bills during this ...