A 911 call can leave first responders searching for the right address or the safest way into a scene. Newport News officials say drones could soon help answer those questions before crews arrive.

“I’m opposed to asking our communities to absorb the costs while corporations receive enormous tax incentives," one speaker said at the event in Chesterfield County.

Materials collected from both blue and green bins will go to the same new plant in Portsmouth.

Sixty-percent of new mothers stop breastfeeding before they intended. A Fluvanna County woman invented a wearable device that assesses breast milk quantity, composition, and a baby’s latch to help them troubleshoot problems and breastfeed longer and with confidence.

Environmental lawyer Josephus Allmond takes on a new cabinet position created by Gov. Spanberger. His task? Manage energy policy amidst rising consumer costs and growing demand

A new regional river water quality monitoring system assembled by the Reservoir Center for Water Solutions will now provide real-time data to the public from the Anacostia, Potomac, and Shenandoah Rivers. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

The utility would use onshore infrastructure at the site for a wind farm off the Outer Banks.

The Norfolk-based destroyer left in July and came home nearly 11 months later.

A planned data center complex in Strasburg was among the topics in Monday’s public forum there. Local leaders and developers answered questions submitted by residents. WMRA’s Ayse Pirge reports.

"Overall, we are extremely pleased to see how the administration has met our values," Chelsea Higgs Wise with Marijuana Jusice said.

The number of hellbender salamanders has been declining for decades, but researchers in Virginia have now made a breakthrough that may help them survive.

Local government leaders and residents are navigating multiple proposals from developers to build data centers across the northern Shenandoah Valley. WMRA’s Calvin Pynn reports.