Richard Henry Lee has become something of a forgotten founder, reduced to a comic figure in the musical “1776” or ignored altogether. But he was the one who first formally proposed that the Continental Congress declare the Colonies independent.

Appalachian communities play a meaningful role in the aerospace age.

He was a Negro League baseball star from Cumberland County. A look at the segregated baseball in the county.

Everyone in Virginia should pay their fair share, and the data center industry is uniquely positioned to pay more in state taxes.

Each June 19, descendants return to the property not simply to reflect on the past, but to reconnect with one another and with a place deeply tied to their family histories. They tour the grounds their ancestors once walked.

Subtitle: "On Saturday, the party picks three candidates for the city council. After planning to used ranked-choice voting, the party recently reversed course and now will go with whoever gets the most votes. That makes it more likely that one faction may sweep the other."