Welcome to Screaming Goats Farm and Brewery in Amissville. Mickey Mouse will not greet you, but Squealer the pot-bellied pig might.

Cover photo: Corinne Griffith-Butler and Adam Schellhammer of American Rivers search for freshwater mussels after the 2025 removal of an obsolete dam on the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River

You’ve seen them on the sidelines. In the stands. In the parking lots. And working the concession booths and the ticket tables.

Danielle Tawney plans to use a 30-year-old Honda Acty truck she bought on on Facebook Marketplace and retrofitted with bookshelves as the driver to grow her year-old business.

Glenn and Alice Shelton take a weekly drive around town to check out around a dozen bluebird nesting boxes.

Sonya Silver and her family had been paddling on the Rivanna and James River for the last seven days. Rainstorms had soaked them, and their weathered hands pushed their canoes

UMW Center for Teaching holds inaugural conference on 'Reimagining the Liberal Arts in the age of AI.'

“For millennia, the power of this place has shaped tribal identity and connected the people to the land and to the river that bears our name,” Rappahannock Chief Anne Richardson said.

A retired VCU professor has inspired scores of students.

When Matt and Amy Calligan stepped through the gate and into the overgrown backyard at the corner of Crenshaw and Rectortown roads, they knew that had to buy the Maidstone

Williamsburg-area residents Joel Levine and Milton Holt were key members of the Viking Project, the historic quest to land the first operational and fully functioning spacecraft on the surface of Mars...

NASA, in partnership with LifeNet Health and UNOS, found that a kidney could be safely transported by a drone beyond visual line of sight, a key step in making widespread drone deliveries a reality.

Stessy Jones transformed from an emergency mechanic into the owner of Bluebird Stained Glass Studio after taking classes there and learning the craft firsthand, now running a growing studio that offer...

After months of deliberation, a rollback on laptops issued by Virginia Beach schools will take effect next school year.

Sea spray soaks passengers on the edge of a boat heading for Tangier Island, VA, 13 miles east of the mainland. Captain Terry Parks talks about the places his community

Charlie McDaniel and his wife Mary Wynn McDaniel own a piece of history that passed through many families before returning to the original family’s line. The Sentry Box, a home

The Fiddlin’ Pig, a British pub in Smithfield, also emulates the “no tipping” practice commonplace throughout the United Kingdom. Employees are paid a living base wage not reliant on tips from custome...

People serving time at the jail are learning culinary, agricultural skills through training from chef Brian Volmrich and the partnership he's built with the Fauquier Education Farm.

Each day, the public can vote for Putnam through the People’s Artist website or by casting votes through Facebook.

Walking into Planters Peanut Center at 308 W. Washington St. in downtown Suffolk is like stepping back in time. Customers are instantly greeted with a whiff of nostalgia and immediately embraced by th...

With 50,000 shoes in tow and 40 fittings a week, the ballet business is booming for Jennifer Fitzpatrick and Natalya Balatsenko. The founders of pointe shoe company R-Class America, Fitzpatrick and Ba...

Four decades ago, Reggie told his mother, Shirley B. Tennyson, that he would one day finish college.

Critics of commercial menhaden fish‑ing in the Chesapeake Bay have called for Bay-specific science. The Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS) announced a pilot is advancing that may be able to...

Near Clarksville, June Lewis III and his wife Ayana are spearheading a project to restore his family’s farm — home to what is believed to be the first Black-owned winery in Virginia and possibly the U...

"The people in Japan are unbelievable."

By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com Growing up, John Harrington and his parents’ Super 8 film camera could hardly be separated. The young Alexandria native had “a bug for filmmaking” that often...

Citing public health, safety and environmental concerns, city staff and a local landscaping company will clean up trash and install portable toilets and sharps disposal containers at the site Tuesday,...

"Paper cuts," a steady accumulation of higher costs eroding already-thin margins, are straining all of Charlottesville restaurants, insiders say.

After over 70 years of serving the Colonial Heights community, Johnson's Cleaners is closing its doors as owner Sidney Johnson retires. The building is now for sale.

When Nancy Hubbard stepped into her role as CEO of the YWCA of Central Virginia, she brought with her an unconventional background for nonprofit leadership, one rooted in business systems, higher educ...

Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native bee populations.

When emergency responders arrive at a scene involving children, the sights, sounds, and chaos can be overwhelming to a child. To help ease that fear, the Lake Holiday Quilters Club

A dedicated Thoroughbred retirement sanctuary outside Woodstock offers former racehorses a place to slow down and enjoy life after the track.

Barely awake, still reeling from coaching Strasburg High School to its first state football championship the day before, Tripp Lamb walked into his living room after a short night’s sleep

By the time 13-year-old Nora Jarrels got to the barn to check on one of her family’s pregnant sheep on Jan. 4, it had already given birth to two lambs

The Fauquier Community Coalition coordinates a year-round effort through a network of local churches to bring firewood — free of charge — to residents who need help heating their homes during the wint...

A state group provided $1.34 million last month for a new initiative to build industrial skill trades training across Southside Virginia.

Matt Drago has fond memories of watching movies as a child at Royal Cinemas on Main Street in Front Royal.

Multiple versions of the report exist. The only one released to the public sheds no light on why the former city manager was fired.

You now have until Monday, Dec. 8 to register you and your staff for VPA Day in the Capital, taking place Thursday, Dec. 11 at Maymont’s Westover, 1001 Spottswood Rd., Richmond, from 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p....

An Abingdon artist is transforming storefront windows in town into vibrant public art displays.

At Deep Run High School, one group of students has worked to make a technological difference in their community through their service project, Camera Check Out. Led by senior Jay Chauhan, a team of s...

The trip was funded by the Danville Host Lions Club.

A hot air balloon that got off course landed in a field in the Virgilina area Sunday evening.