Hanover County soon will begin a drug treatment court, joining neighboring localities that have used the system as a method to combat substance abuse and reduce recidivism among drug users.

Surely, we can do better. A new report tells us that 70 percent of streams in the Rivanna River Basin are impaired. That the vast majority of our streams are in trouble is a sobering enough ...

Jen Hsu smiled as she handed out roses made of packaged condoms, red cellophane and green pipe cleaners to passersby in Newcomb Hall at the University of Virginia.