RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia wants to hear from you.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s largest police organization has endorsed Democrat Mark Warner for the U.S. Senate.

Sen. Barack Obama will hold a town-hall meeting Tuesday in Southwest Virginia, the latest in a string of appearances by candidates for president and vice president that underscore Virginia’s key role as a battleground state.

Hundreds of football fans. Trash strewn about. At least one fistfight. A bit of vomiting. And public urination - on cars, in historic alleyways and on the steps of the Rotunda.

Video reports from the Associated Press on the progress of tropical storm Hanna

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Supporters of nonprofit organizations in Virginia hope a new study on the groups’ economic impact will boost their sector and give them a larger voice in policy decisions.

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CHRISTIANBURG, Va. (AP) — A man who took a fiberglass statue depicting Virginia Tech’s Hokie Bird received a 30-day suspended sentence after being convicted of misdemeanor petit larceny.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Governor Tim Kaine is directing Virginia officials to prepare for Tropical Storm Hanna.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is preparing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Virginia Wine Month.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Virginia Republicans acknowledge that their national party has a problem attracting young voters, but say many will come over to the GOP once they have to pay taxes.

Facing more grim economic news, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has ordered the heads of state agencies to prepare three sets of budgets for 2009-10 reflecting spending cuts of 5 percent, 10 percent and 15 percent.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Tech Police Department has received the 2008 Governor’s Award for Teamwork for its efforts following the mass shootings on campus on April 16, 2007.

RICHMOND - If Jeanne Willson had known then what she knows now, she would have had an easier time with young Henry.

BLACKSBURG - A new security measure is in place at Virginia Tech.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Members of the Virginia National Guard are mobilizing this week before being sent to Afghanistan to train that nation’s army and police.

The military says Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Thomas Harris drowned on Saturday. The Navy SEAL special warfare operator from Lexington, N.C., was swept away while crossing a river during combat operations.

BUENA VISTA — Republican Jim Gilmore got right to the point, taking less than five minutes at a rally Monday to brand Democrat Mark Warner a debate-dodging tax-raiser who can’t tell the truth.

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Several news outlets are reporting that Sen. John McCain will announce his running mate tomorrow morning.

RINGGOLD - Nine people were exposed to a white powdery substance Wednesday while unloading toy baby seats at the eToys Distribution Center on Factory Lane in Ringgold.

To beat John McCain, Barack Obama’s campaign knows it must win over white rural and working class voters who overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton in the primaries.

Former Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner, appearing on the national stage, said last night that America can regain its greatness if it rises above partisanship to seek solutions to its problems.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of colleges across the nation have purchased a training program that teaches professors and students not to take campus threats lying down but to fight back with any ``improvised weapon,‘’ from a backpack to a laptop computer.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The share of Appalachians living in poverty last year increased by 114,000 to 13.3 million, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s graduating high school seniors scored above the nationwide average on the reading and writing sections of the SAT college-entrance exam but slightly lower than their national peers in mathematics.

DENVER — New black voters and new voters under 40 will make the difference in Virginia for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, his campaign manager said yesterday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has purchased almost 29 acres near Monticello to preserve and expand nearby trails.

Most days, behind the Inn at Afton on the Blue Ridge Parkway, a few binocular-toting hawk watchers wait patiently - their eyes glued to the sweeping panorama of mountains and sky.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine says Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., brings to the Democratic ticket an understanding of Virginia’s Eastern Shore as well as its military communities.