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Key Takeaways State funds for flood recovery amounting to $50 million have been disbursed slowly, with only 13% allocated after a year. Many residents across the affected areas of Southwest Virginia face barriers due to low assessed property values and strict funding caps. Local organizations like United Way are providing ass...

Virginians are voting again Tuesday, this time in party primaries to pick nominees for certain congressional and local nominations.

Normally, Virginia primaries are in June. This year’s primaries were pushed to August to account for the April 21 redistricting referendum. That didn’t work out as Democrats planned (well, the election did, the Virginia Supreme Court...

Welcome back to Extra Credit, a weekly roundup of education-related news from across Southwest and Southside Virginia.

Students, families and educators are gearing up for the first day of school. Find out when classes resume at your local schools

Good morning and welcome back to Danville Field Notes, a weekly column that compiles news odds and ends from the Danville-Pittsylvania region. 

Today’s column includes news about an upcoming event at Danville’s food pantry, the city’s revised future priorities and a call for artists for a public sculpture exhibition. 

Don’t worry, even though today’...

Two recent developments make clear that Virginia needs to hit pause on our data center growth.

First, an electrical fault on a high-voltage line serving Norther...