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Colonial Williamsburg says its paid admission for the historic area fell in 2011 in what it called a challenging year.

Tapping on your BlackBerry or iPhone while driving is going to cost you if a bill a Senate committee overwhelmingly endorsed Monday becomes law.

On a 21-19 vote the Virginia Senate today passed legislation to allow the purchase of more than one handgun a month, foretelling what is likely to be one of the most significant changes in Virginia's gun laws in 20 years.

Del. Richard P. Bell, R-Staunton, wants social services departments to screen people receiving Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare benefits.

Rescue efforts are under way in the Philippines after a powerful 6.8 earthquake struck near the island of Negros.

Burke floral designer Karen PromiselA said last week she expects to see increased floral sales for Valentine's Day this year.A "I think people have learned to budget better and there is a little perk in the economy," she noted.

" Folks Are Talking " is a double CD that includes 28 oral histories of folks Garret Mathews interviewed as a young feature writer on the Bluefield, W. Va., Daily Telegraph between 1974 and 1979.

The $5.2 million budget shortfall facing the Danville Public Schools has been giving school officials headaches as they try to come up with where to cut spending.

About one in five Virginia residents have almost no savings or other assets to weather a financial crisis, according to a nonprofit group's report.

A historical society in Virginia, where slavery began in the American colonies in 1619, has discovered the identities of 3,200 slaves from unpublished private documents, providing new information for today's descendants in a first-of-its-kind online database, society officials say.

Photo Illustration David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier - Total severance tax revenue from the fiscal years 2009, 2010 and 2011 That's the amount of money EQT Production Co.

This story is a sample from the Virginia Beach Beacon, which is included in The Virginian-Pilot every Sunday and Thursday in Virginia Beach.

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Phase two of the repair of Jane Pendleton Wootton's home, a historic Louisa house that's been stabilized since the quake.

A Mifflintown man died when the tractor-trailer he was driving careened off Interstate 81 in Botetourt County, Va., about 2 a.m. Thursday, spilling a toxic chemical that displaced nearby residents and closed the highway for more than 12 hours.

When a former co-worker crept into her home and said "I've just come to kill you," a Herndon woman got one.

Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier - Bristol Virginia Mayor Ed Harlow, right, and Jeff Sadler, Virginia Main Street Program Director unveil the new signage during a press conference Friday.

Virginia Republicans have aggressively pursued a conservative agenda since taking over all of state government, steamrolling Democrats along the way.

New nationwide statistics show the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since February 2009.

Virginia would halt taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income women in cases where the fetus is severely physically deformed or mentally deficient under Republican-backed legislation passed Friday by state lawmakers.