The City of Suffolk's Public Utilities will be testing the sanitary sewer pipes for any deficiencies and residents may start to see smoke in some areas.

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) recently approved a state historical marker to highlight a community in Suffolk founded by a formerly enslaved man.

While the northwest corner of U.S. 45/Dunlap Avenue and Church Street might be quiet for now, developer Marissa Siero says ...

The Chesterfield County Planning Department is hosting several community meetings this April to inform residents about a ...

After the Charter amendments suggested by the Orange County Charter Review Committee discussed in “Proposed Charter Changes Threaten Orange County's Economic Future” were blocked by the ...

The cause of multiple brush fires on Saturday has been preliminarily ruled accidental, Suffolk County Police said in a statement this afternoon. Suffolk County Police Arson Section detectives believe ...

The actions are intended to halt some by-right, uncontrolled residential development by addressing a zoning loophole that allowed developers to skirt the typical level of city scrutiny and build ...

The fires are believed to have been accidental, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said during a Monday news conference. Investigators believe the initial backyard blaze started ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said he hopes to speed up plans to get more VA medical centers onto the department's new electronic health records system this year. (Stock photo ...

The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top-level officials at the agency Tuesday that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut approximately 72,000 jobs, roughly 15 percent of its current workforce, VA Secretary Doug Collins confirmed Wednesday. Collins said in a video ...

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