NASA GOES Project (WASHINGTON) -- Get ready for an active Atlantic hurricane season, government forecasters said Thursday. Between now and the end of the season, November 30, the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration predicts 13 to 20 named storms, of which ...

Gershoff/WireImage (WASHINGTON) -- The GOP's newest opposition-research group has found its first target: Terry McAuliffe. America Rising PAC, a group devoted to researching Democratic candidates, will look to make its mark on the 2013 and 2014 election cycles, supplying the Republican ...

(NEW YORK) -- Close to 35 million Americans will mark the unofficial start of summer this Memorial Day weekend by hitting the road, a new forecast from AAA shows. The automobile group projects 34.8 million people will travel 50 miles or ...

The quilt that offended a City Council member now hangs in the lobby of City Hall. According to City officials it was hung last week sometime and no one has commented on it to their knowledge. Councilwoman Sharon Hodge told ...

Even though the bridge on Commonwealth Boulevard near Lester Street in Martinsville is sound and in no danger of collapsing, maintenance of the structure continues to rise due to its age. For that reason the Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved ...

Last month, Democrat Terry McAuliffe called on Republican Ken Cuccinelli to join him in five debates across the commonwealth. Last weekend, Cuccinelli upped the ante, pledging to debate McAuliffe 15 times, an offer that the McAuliffe campaign dismissed as a ...

L.B. Fox L.B. Fox, the son of Burr and Lori Fox, is this year’s recipient of the Penn-Shank Memorial Scholarship. A senior at Martinsville High School, L.B. has been accepted to Virginia Tech, where he plans to major in general engineering. The scholarship ...

Floyd, V.A., – Chateau Morrisette Winery, located at milepost 171.5 on Virginia’s Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd County, Virginia, announces all four wines entered in the 2013 Tasters Guild International Wine competition won silver awards. The winning wines are the ...

The Henry County PSA board of directors unanimously approved rate increases at their meeting Monday night. Despite a public hearing where a number of people spoke against the increases, the board voted in favor to increase both residential water and ...

64 year-old David Leon Mitchell of 224 Bittersweet Drive, Bassett has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife, 57 year-old Linda Sue Mitchell. According to police reports, the woman was found in their home ...