The Department of Juvenile Justice directly oversees the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center near Richmond, the only state-run youth prison. And across the Commonwealth, dozens of locally run facilities hold minors who have entered the justice system.

Senators from both parties pushed Thursday for changes to a massive defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned the legislation would undo key safety reforms stemming from a collision between an airliner and Army helicopter.

Virginia Tech’s preliminary report is part of an ongoing study funded by the state to address growing concerns.

A new Community Services Board facility is in the works in Augusta County that will provide immediate treatment for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

More than 1,700 housing units are under construction, planning or review in Roanoke County — ranging from single family homes to townhouses and duplexes. Now, you can add another 224 luxury apartment units to the list.

In Virginia, every year is an election year. And the primaries for the congressional midterms are only a few months away.

More than 50 cities in this country offer a surprising service called a Tool Library. Among them – Charlottesville – where people pay a small fee to join and can then borrow one or more than a thousand tools.

Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is facing a lawsuit over so-called forever chemicals, also known as PFAS. They’ve been linked to cancer, birth defects and other medical problems, but DEQ doesn’t check for them when issuing storm water permits.

Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger said the people will get to decide the redistricting issue; she’s focused on affordability.

To help protect native plants and animals, ecology students at Virginia Tech experimented cooking dishes that use invasive plants and animals as ingredients.