Anthony Hamilton was one three graduates of a solar installation/electrical training program that took place in Lee and Wise Counties back in 2022 that Cardinal News ...

A plastics recycling startup will invest $4.3 million and create 28 jobs in Pittsylvania County, the governor’s office announced Tuesday. Green Recycle USA LLC will turn industrial plastic waste into ...

The Transco compressor station in Chatham. Photo by Grace Mamon. The natural gas pipeline developer The Williams Companies plans another pipeline expansion in Virginia, this time to run from ...

Large substations, like this one, are needed in Northern Virginia to meet the energy demands of the data center industry. Photo by Grace Mamon. Northern Virginia is home to 35% of the world’s data ...

Congress passed a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown in mid-March, amid a partisan fight over federal spending. That continuing resolution left out tens of millions of dollars in ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin presents his action on dozens of bills sent to his desk during the 2025 legislative session. He has until Monday to complete action on over 900 bills passed during the session. At ...

In the movie “Star Trek: First Contact,” Capt. Jean-Luc Picard wrestles with an invasion by an alien species known as The Borg. He vows to fight back. “We’ve made too many compromises already; too ...

A drill core being tested and analyzed for carbon ore, rare earths and critical minerals. Courtesy of Richard Bishop. A Virginia Tech-led team hopes to turn trash into treasure by finding valuable ...

In a 2004 interview with the Washington Post, Ricky Haynie of Haynie Farms in Virginia mentioned, “You know what my gravest fear for Black people is?” he asks. “That we’ll end up on reservations. That ...

All Tech Town! illustrations by Ryan Brosmer. Railroads built Roanoke, but Norfolk Southern slowly but surely abandoned the “Magic City” that it sparked. City leaders looking for new avenues decided ...

Parts of U.S. 220 in Henry County are narrow and curvy, studded with traffic lights and lined with commercial developments. Local leaders have said its condition hinders commercial development. Photo ...

As a Southern farm boy of a certain generation, I grew up with the movie “Smokey and The Bandit” as a defining work of art. Teachers may have tried to direct our attention to the classics, such as ...