The state Department of Health Professions says the state's drug database is expected to receive more than 1 million requests for information in 2013.

Authorities are investigating two fires on Virginia's Eastern Shore as arson.

Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries when a small plane crashed in Stafford County.

A federal judge will decide within days whether the U.S. National Slavery Museum's largest creditor can legally challenge deed restrictions on the museum's proposed home in Fredericksburg.

Gov. Bob McDonnell and first lady Maureen McDonnell have invited the public to join them Saturday as they celebrate the 200th birthday of Virginia governors' official residence

Police in Norfolk say a second man has died following a shooting Friday.

The keel of the nation's 12th Virginia-class attack submarine was has been laid at Newport News Shipbuilding at a ceremony attended by the sub's namesake, former U.S. Sen. John Warner.

(AP) Shamrock Farms to build $50M dairy manufacturing facility in Augusta County, creating 60 jobs

(AP) Some Va. moped owners could be hit with $100 fee as unintended consequence of 2 bills.

The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation will soon be the full owner of the state fair and its grounds.

(AP) US clears way for Virginia to research Atlantic wind, waters ahead of wind farm development.

(AP) Virginia income tax declines leave February revenues down by 2 percent from same month in 2012

(AP) An abandoned motel is the latest arson target on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

(AP) Families of 2 slain in Virginia Tech massacre press anew for case against Tech president

(AP) Virginia will receive about $142,600 from a national $7 million settlement with Google over the company's collection of emails and other sensitive data sent over wireless networks several years ago.

(AP) Richmond officials are stepping up efforts to collect delinquent taxes and fines totaling more than $39 million.

Pushing his party to do some soul searching, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is offering a softer Republican message on immigration, education and government programs for vulnerable Americans.

(AP) The USS Laboon has returned to its home port after an eight-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.

(AP) The parent company of the Lipton Tea is planning to invest more than $96 million to expand its Suffolk facility.

The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia has elected a Kentucky priest as its sixth bishop.

Volunteers at the Virginia Zoo can no longer work with exotic animals. The zoo in Norfolk recently dropped its Keeper Aide program.

Rising sea levels are threatening Jamestown, the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Lynchburg arts officials are working to raise money to restore a historic downtown theater. The Academy of Fine Arts says it needs to raise $16.6 million to restore its Academy of Music Theatre.

A Virginia-based Coast Guard team has returned home after a five-month counter-piracy effort. Officials say the Chesapeake-based Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team returned Friday after deployment to the Middle East.

A string of arsons is causing anxiety levels to rise on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Virginia State Police say more than 60 unoccupied structures have been intentionally set on fire in rural Accomack County since November.