For the first time ever, Virginia will mark Black Maternal Health Week starting Monday. The event comes after a 2023 study showed increased rates of maternal death in Black communities.

State health officials told a legislative oversight committee Tuesday that more funding will be needed to fix critical staffing and financial shortfalls facing North Carolina's childcare and mental health facilities.

The Coastal Virginia Conservancy has replaced polluted sediment with clean sand – including a layer of activated carbon, “like a sand sandwich.”

Gas stations, hotels and a South Hill Kentucky Fried Chicken are on track to receive federal funding to build out electric vehicle charging stations throughout Virginia’s interstate highway system.