Category Archives: Local News

NORFOLK, Va. - The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake Bay, ac...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's capital city has adopted a law banning guns on public property during protests and other events. The Richmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the ordinance, ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland said Monday that its bus drivers can enforce mask usage, several days after a driver reported two students who were denied boarding retaliated by throwin...

ROCKVILLE, Md. - A weekend crackdown by authorities in Maryland on aggressive driving and street racing has resulted in more than 200 traffic stops and 10 arrests, according to state police. Maryland ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Friday to legislation aimed at making absentee voting easier in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, including having the state prepay postage ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A life-size bronze statue of an unnamed Confederate soldier will be removed from outside a county courthouse in Virginia, one of numerous such monuments being relocated in the s...

Washington released veteran running back Adrian Peterson on Friday, a stunning move by first-year coach Ron Rivera in the name of getting younger. Rivera called Peterson early in the morning asking hi...

RICHMOND, Va. - A divided federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court's decision blocking the enforcement in Maryland of Trump administration rules that prohibit taxpayer-funded family plan...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government on Thursday to help communities in three counties hit by Tropical Storm Isaias last month....

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wants Dominion Energy to cover unpaid residential electric bills with $320 million that regulators say the company previously overcharged. The governor is p...