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After a tough regular season and comeback during the conference tournament, the Tribe received its first-ever bid to the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Officials plan to hold a “Cool Down P-Town” event at New Bethel Baptist Church this weekend, kicking off the effort to become a center for climate solutions.

Researchers at Old Dominion University urge more people in the region to buy flood insurance to protect against a storm on par with Hurricane Florence.

Abandoned fishing gear can obstruct navigation, impact sensitive ecosystems and entrap animal species such as turtles and muskrats.

Virginia’s 6th District congressman, Ben Cline, is cosponsoring a bill to terminate the Department of Education as President Donald Trump threatens to sign an executive order to dismantle it.

The Trump administration's reduction in NIH funding could have economic impacts on communities like Blacksburg, Roanoke and Charlottesville.

Virginia receives over $650 million a year in federal grant funding from NIH. That employs over 7,500 people and creates over $1.7 billion in economic activity.

Colleges across the country offer classes focusing on the economics, music and the politics of Taylor Swift. At Christopher Newport University, honors students use her discography to study music theory.

Soundscapes started as an afterschool music program in Newport News, but now includes performance orchestras for youth musicians.

The project, called an “environmental justice incubator,” is working with historically Black communities on Norfolk’s Southside.