The cloud isn’t really a cloud. It’s servers inside data centers, many of them in Virginia. And all of our cat videos and medical records and purchasing data take up billions of bytes o…

Online publishing depends on web traffic. With the rise of Google AI Overview and other AI-powered tools, fewer and fewer are clicking links. This is all leading to what some are calling Google Zero, ...

The Trump administration has changed broadband expansion rules to shift away from fiber-optic cable and toward low Earth orbit satellite systems such as Elon Musk’s Starlink. The two technologies h…

Virginia will begin tracking alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness that causes red meat allergies, after anecdotal reports suggest cases are on the rise.

A fund created in the 1990s to reward car theft tips now provides over $1 million a year for surveillance tech for police.

The court found in favor of Norfolk Southern against Cox Communications, saying that a recent state law meant to streamline broadband expansion unconstitutionally allows privately owned cable provider...

Statewide, about 480,000 people could be affected by the new work requirements and 147,000 could be affected by new copays for certain services, according to one estimate.

The Washington County town annually holds its "Trail Days" celebration for hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Despite last fall's flood, some think this year's festival might be the biggest yet.

Drawing hydrogen from methane emits carbon dioxide pollution. A project funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission aims to turn the carbon into a usable solid.

MOVA Technologies, based in Pulaski, Virginia, is one of nine companies in the commonwealth working to keep pollutants out of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. MOVA could earn as much as $1.3 million from...

These funds are critical not only for funding research at institutions of higher education but also for driving economic development, shoring up the STEM workforce and ensuring national security by en...

The health system will now need to apply to the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS. It expects to start transplant surgeries in 2026.

A lawsuit filed in April 2024 claimed that the Roanoke-based company and its executives inflated share prices, which fell precipitously after Luna announced that those statements were unreliable.

The LENOWISCO Health District is asking parents of children diagnosed with cancer in the last 10 years to fill out a survey and schedule an interview, as the state begins gathering data to determine i...

The grant was slated to pay for energy-efficient housing, child-care center improvements and identifying safe locations for when natural disasters strike, among other projects.

Our updated Voter Guide is now live. We sent questionnaires to candidates and have published their responses.

Onetime dial-up behemoth EarthLink has reemerged in the 21st century under the leadership of Glenn Goad. The Atlanta-based company has opened a call center in Norton, for marketing and customer servic...

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The meals tax would be 7% with the proposed change, which is expected to bring in an extra $6 million in revenue to address some of the city’s most pressing needs, City Manager Valmarie Turner said.

Sen. Mark Warner floated the idea of rebates to taxpayers on profits that come from university research.

The laid-off Mount Rogers staff provided vaccination education and supported outreach clinics to help rural residents access flu, COVID and school required immunizations.

Six startups introduced their tech products last week, while businesses who have been through the program explain how it helped them.

A memo sent by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to localities affected by Hurricane Helene outlined a lack of communication from the federal agency to the state.

Feeding America Southwest Virginia, which works with more than 300 local programs, relies on the USDA for almost a third of its food.

Data center-driven demand is expected to double in a decade and continue rising. Experts are raising the alarm.