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Cardinal News Published 17 hours ago

Data centers are creating blue-collar jobs. Are Democrats on the wrong side politically of these workers?

Most of the jobs being created by data centers aren't in the computer facilities themselves but in supply chains. The candidates who call for a moratorium on data center construction would put some of these jobs at risk.

City of Roanoke Published 5 hours ago

Melrose Library Hosts Flip the Fair Science Fair Event for Local Students

Cardinal News Published 18 hours ago

Two different views on Amendment 1, the abortion/reproductive health amendment on Virginia’s ballot

Virginians are voting on three proposed constitutional amendments.

Cardinal News Published 18 hours ago

Headlines from across the state: Youth advocates warn higher marijuana fine could deepen racial disparities; more …

From elsewhere: Virginia DMV wait times plummet to record lows after major reforms. University of Richmond gets $150 million gift, believed to be most ever for a Virginia college. Virginia Tech increasing football and basketball ticket prices to fund "top-10 mentality."

Cardinal News Published September 28

Here’s what it would take for Democrats to win in each of Virginia’s five Republican-held congressional districts

In three districts, Democrats could win with a presidential-level turnout if Republicans stay at a midterm-level turnout. In two others, Democrats need either a higher turnout than that, or for some Republican voters to change their minds. Here's the math.

Cardinal News Published September 28

Two years after Hurricane Helene ravaged Southwest Virginia, a study of the storm’s effects on the Clinch River is underway.

The debris left behind by Helene and other storms makes it easier for flooding to occur again.

Cardinal News Published September 28

The state has made some changes to high school graduation requirements. Here’s what to know.

Among the updates: more options for core courses and new exemptions for CPR/first aid training. State officials are also talking about how to better incorporate CTE classes into students' schedules.

Cardinal News Published September 28

Jefferson Forum: Virginia Democrats want to talk about rising electric bills, just not the biggest cost driver

More than half of Dominion Energy's rate increases are coming from clean energy mandates in the Virginia Clean Economy Act.

Cardinal News Published September 28

Headlines from across the state: Judge Michael Urbanski to retire after long tenure on the federal bench; more …

From elsewhere: Virginia health committee considers mandating licensed nurses in every school. After Obama-era Chesapeake Bay executive order rescinded, environmental groups brace for fallout. As farmers face mounting financial pressures, advocates want to keep farmland away from…

Cardinal News Published September 27

Cardinal News launched 5 years ago today. Thank you for being with us.

When we started, we had three employees. Today, we have a team of 30. Together, they have published more than 9,000 stories.

Cardinal News Published September 26

He was shot in the head twice and survived. Now he’s being inducted into a Virginia university’s sports hall of fame.

The former Emory & Henry star still has one of the bullets in his head from a 1986 armed robbery.

Cardinal News Published September 25

‘Dolly Parton Day’ boosts beloved singer’s Imagination Library

More than 31,000 children under age 5 across Southwest and Southside Virginia receive free books each month through the program.