Ashland police last night were asking residents to stay inside while a black bear made its way out of the downtown area. Police were summoned at 7:13 p.m....

For the first time in more than 20 years, Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. no longer commands the dominant spot for local grocery sales as increasing competition...

More than 600 young people in the Richmond area will go to work this summer because of a big boost in funding from the federal stimulus program. The newly...

Cases of H1N1 “swine” flu were confirmed today at three Henrico County schools: Deep Run High School, Laburnum Elementary School and Jackson...

A student in Richmond and one in Hanover County are infected with the H1N1 swine flu, while a flu outbreak at a juvenile correctional facility in Chesterfield...

For the second straight year, six area schools placed among the nation’s top 1,500 high schools in an annual survey conducted by Newsweek magazine....

David H. Baldauf, trustee; Century Construction Co. Inc., contractor; 5501 Midlothian Turnpike, alterations, $5.26 million. The Foundation LLC, owner;...

Chesterfield County celebrated National Trails Day on Saturday with the opening of the John C. Radcliffe Appomattox River Conservation Area. The conservation...

A standard pair of police handcuffs was too ordinary for Grace Hazelgrove’s taste as she pondered what might make good Crime Stoppers art. “That’s...

Cox McGuire Burch Brown Carr Green Candidates in two primaries in the Richmond area are relying on tired feet and sore knuckles, rather than big media...

Federal authorities have dropped consideration of an eastern route for proposed high-speed rail service through Richmond that would have bypassed Ashland...

John M. Lewis Jr. wants to transform the bus line into a regional public transportation force that rapidly moves passengers.

Hanover County residents feel just as good or better about living there, compared with people in hundreds of other areas across the South. That’s...

A Mechanicsville doctor was reprimanded by the Virginia Board of Medicine and paid a $10,000 fine for prescription-related violations similar to those...

Hanover High School football fans can roar, bang drums, blow whistles and make noise without limit under a permit granted last night by the Hanover County...

Virginia recorded the fewest number of Memorial Day weekend traffic fatalities in at least a decade, according to preliminary numbers released yesterday...

A Richmond man died Sunday after falling from a small boat while fishing in Hanover County. The Hanover County Sheriff’s Office identified the man...

When Isaiah Benitez learned that he had an opportunity to help produce music for artists in Los Angeles, he was overwhelmed. “I could have had a...

Local governments may avoid a direct hit from a new round of state budget cuts, but they won’t be able to escape damage from dropping sales-tax revenue....

Blake Glover smiled when the picture popped up on his cell phone. A classmate at Chickahominy Middle School in Hanover County had sent him an image of...