A 2013 internal security risk assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ main electronic health record system that warned a data breach was “practically unavoidable” did not take into account ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia leaders and education officials are celebrating following improvements in the Commonwealth's Standards of Learning (SOL) test results in math and reading in the 2024-2025 ...

The Farm Bureau of Virginia estimates that more than 43,200 farms in the Commonwealth cover more than 8 million acres. Farmers grow food, raise livestock, support livelihoods and contribute to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A row of backpacks at a Virginia school. (Photo by Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury) Virginia students would be allowed to take ...

Gov. Ralph Northam announced this week that $869,508 has been awarded to the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety (VCSCS), housed within the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The grant ...

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia will receive more than $800,000 to go toward a program designed to improve school security, according to an announcement from the governor's office Tuesday afternoon. The ...

A task force directed by the Virginia legislature has recommended creating a dedicated funding stream for threat assessment team training on college and university campuses and allowing teams to share ...

Those who have conducted cleanups in Virginia (and most other places) have encountered the often complex and, in some cases, rather subjective process necessary to determine risks to human health and ...

Residents began receiving their real estate assessments in the mail this week and likely noticed another substantial increase in their home’s value, meaning homeowners are likely to see higher tax ...

Virginia students would be allowed to take the state’s annual learning assessments in a language other than English under a bill that advanced out of a House Education subcommittee on Tuesday. Del.