Data centers might be a part of Stafford County’s future, and local officials said it’s time to start getting the public involved in those discussions.
Bonnie Clark has enjoyed a lifetime of love for animals and it's continuing as she hits the century mark
When my phone rings before 6 a.m., it isn’t usually a good thing.
Cat was in confinement at Stafford Animal Control when it became aggressive, biting and scratching.
The seashore hosted 2,862,844 visits and booked 60,973 campsites in 2022, the National Park Service says.
Three James Madison University students, including two from Richmond, were killed in a crash Thursday night in West Virginia.
At 2 p.m. Friday, the politics team of the Richmond Times-Dispatch discussed what happened this week at the Virginia General Assembly.
Fredericksburg City Public Schools is one of eight Virginia school divisions that will benefit from a $15 million federal student mental health grant that was awarded to the Virginia Department of Education.
A 65-year-old Spotsylvania man was killed Wednesday night when he was struck by a car while crossing Tidewater Trail in the county, police said.
The Ladysmith Ruritan Club will host the Caroline County Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday at Lake Land’Or in Ladysmith. The annual event is Caroline County’s largest charitable fundraiser, according to a news release from organizers.
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Pulaski County authorities released more information Thursday about an altercation earlier this week that left one man dead and another injured.
Wind chills falling into the teens around dusk
The move follows recent cancellation of and social media uproar surrounding a “Build a Babe” workshop with a local drag performer teaching costume, makeup and hair design.
A man who beat another man to death with a metal chair in Caroline in 2021 for no apparent reason was convicted of first-degree murder by a county jury Thursday.
The Caroline County School Board seated a student representative last month, the division announced in its monthly newsletter.
She's not the most famous groundhog, and her glass eyes can't see anything, much less a shadow, but thanks to rodent whisperer Mike Esler, the taxidermied woodchuck known as Fredericksburg Philomena was able to announce Thursday morning that another six weeks of winter are indeed on the way.…
The exercise Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain tests the readiness of Navy's security personnel.
A hypothetical new bridge crossing the Rappahannock River using a road that runs through a Stafford County neighborhood brought residents out to last week’s public hearing on an east–west corridor study.
The exercise Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain tests the readiness of Navy's security personnel.
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival is over, the votes are in, and the documentary “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” has picked up a grand jury prize.
Growing numbers of people are flocking to churches in the U.S. that center their practice around giving parishioners a psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca.
A Virginia puppy rescued from the Envigo breeding facility is ready for her close-up on this year’s Puppy Bowl.
Churchland High School in Portsmouth has canceled the rest of the JV basketball season after a 22-year-old former assistant coach played in a game by pretending to be a 13-year-old player.
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Clearing Thursday night, then windy and sharply colder Friday afternoon and Friday night.
Kevin Dillard of LifeCare recently was part of a 10-vehicle convoy that drove across Ukraine, delivering a firetruck and ambulances to the war-torn country.
The Dominion Virginia Energy North Anna nuclear power plant has been pumping out energy at the Louisa County facility since 1978, and during that time, sirens have been in place in case of an emergency.
Bobby Beathard, who hired Joe Gibbs then built the teams that ultimately brought the Super Bowl to Washington, died Monday at the age of 86.
The clock is ticking toward the end of the contract between Mary Washington Healthcare and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and while negotiations continue, the parties don’t seem any closer to resolving their differences.
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