In the atmospheric layer above it, about 10 to 30 miles up, is the stratospheric polar vortex, where every winter a sunlight-starved Arctic spins up a mass of cold air that, ultimately, dissipates ...

Charlottesville and much of central Virginia were under an extreme heat warning Tuesday, with temperatures predicted to stay ...

Cassia Jones fills out her ballot as her sons, Maverick, 2, and Apollo, 3, wait nearby during the Virginia primary election at Lucketts Community Center in Loudoun County, Virginia, on June 17.

Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years and that may explain why long-range computer forecasts keep ...

Two conflicting initiatives led by University alumni, faculty, parents and students have launched within a month of each other at the University. They each express opposing views — ResetUVA launched ...

At least six people are dead including a three-year-old child after sudden flash flood that the state's governor is calling a ...

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja were visiting the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the ...

It remains to be seen whether the U.S. Coast Guard will expedite the delivery of new polar icebreakers to maintain its presence in the Arctic amid growing challenges from Russia and China.

Virginia now hosts 70% of the entire world’s data centers. Some of these are gigantic. Fairfax County recently approved a 110 foot tall data center, the tallest in the country.

Imported fire ants expand their territory in Virginia, officials ask for public help By: Cameron Thompson Posted 2:30 PM, Jun 05, 2025 and last updated 12:02 PM, Jun 06, 2025 ...

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, says conservatives in Congress should follow Virginia's lead on tax relief for working families.