Matt Busse

The New River Valley Regional Water Authority serves 11 separate water systems that provide water to at least 50,000 people.

Letting livestock graze among solar panels isn't a new idea, but it's mostly been focused on sheep. Research is ongoing into how well similar setups would work with cattle.

After hundreds of layoffs at Morgan Olson since last year, the Virginia Port Authority says the company must repay an economic development grant that was contingent upon maintaining a certain number of permanent jobs.

The natural gas utility, which serves about 64,000 customers in the Roanoke Valley, is seeking higher base rates to cover inflationary costs.

The utility says the system in Grayson and Smyth counties would improve reliability for nearly 2,800 customers in one of the most outage-prone parts of Virginia.

Developers and lawmakers who want to see more shared solar adoption in Virginia say that the current billing doesn’t accurately reflect the benefits of having solar power on the grid.

The Martinsville-based bank said the large overdue loan portfolio held by West Va. Gov. Jim Justice and his family companies continues to weigh on its balance sheet but that the company's fundamentals remain strong.

Dozens of people in Southwest Virginia had their voter registration canceled after Gov. Youngkin handed down an executive order on Aug. 7 that removed “noncitizens” from Virginia’s voter rolls. Some of them are U.S. citizens.

Virginia officials say that they should be allowed to continue a program to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 election. The U.S. Department of Justice and voting-rights groups argue that the program violates federal law and has affected eligible voters as well.

Virginia officials on Tuesday announced that low-interest loans will be available to small agriculture and forestry businesses in certain localities impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.