3+ week, 4+ day ago   (223+ words) Public school teachers in Virginia are getting a 3.5% raise this year. But, they're still struggling to catch up to the national average. Virginia is falling behind the national average for teacher salaries. That's according to numbers from the National Education…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (206+ words) The cost of going to college in Virginia will again rise this fall. “It’s a hard decision to make,” said Charles Poston, then rector of William & Mary’s board of visitors after an April hearing on tuition. “For me, it is…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (395+ words) Since the first data center project was announced in Mecklenburg County in 2010, union workers have helped build these facilities and the energy infrastructure powering them. For many rural communities, projects of this scale are among the few capable of bringing…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (669+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH – The school board is considering a sharp limit to how much its youngest students use computers in the classroom. The board debated a proposed policy amendment at length Tuesday night. It would bar pre-K through first grade students…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (410+ words) NORFOLK — Executive leadership and officers of the city’s largest public school employees’ union have been dismissed after an internal investigation. Mackey has not responded to repeated requests for comment. The internal investigation by the national union noted that the former…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (435+ words) Virginia Credit Union (VACU) has been named Organization of the Year by the Institute for Financial Literacy, receiving the prestigious 2026 Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award in... Virginia Credit Union Honored with National Excellence in Financial Literacy Education Award…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (342+ words) Virginia State University welcomed 850 graduates with undergraduate, graduate and doctorate degrees following the May 16 spring commencement. As family and friends stood inside the MultiPurpose Center and screamed and cheered their names, the students filed into the arena. Some were grinning…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (443+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Nurses nationwide are retiring or leaving the profession early due to burnout faster than nursing programs across the country can replace them. Now Virginia Commonwealth University is expanding its nursing program to help address a statewide shortage of…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (339+ words) The Collegiate Times is printing its final issue on Tuesday, May 5. Newspapers across the country are disappearing. That’s just what’s happening. Virginia Tech has undergone a unique evolution of remodels and cultural trends throughout the years. To understand just how…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (342+ words) NORFOLK — About one in five K-12 public school students have missed at least 10% of their classes for unexcused reasons throughout the school year. Data presented to the school board last week said about 19% of the roughly 27,000 students the school district…...