Virginia Wesleyan University will be renamed Batten University in 2026 to honor Frank and Jane Batten's philanthropic legacy.

Virginia Wesleyan University will officially be renamed Batten University, according to an announcement from the university.

Education Department vowed it would commence pulling federal funding from five Northern Virginia school districts who decided to keep transgender bathroom policies.

Legislation to ban members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks to prevent conflicts of interest has been introduced by a Virginia lawmaker. Rep.

The poll, which surveyed 702 Virginia residents from August 11 to August 15, 2025, found Spanberger leading Earle-Sears by seven points (46 percent to 39 percent), a narrower margin than the 17-point lead Spanberger held in the May poll (43 percent to 26 percent).

The festival features more than 60 beers from 30 breweries, including Cape Charles Brewing, Devil’s Backbone Brewing and Young Veterans Brewing. Nonalcoholic beer and seltzers are new this year.

High tide peak storm surges from Hurricane Erin are forecast from 1 to 3 feet between South Carolina and Virginia, and 2 to 4 feet on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Erin at 8 a.