Virginia

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said about 122,000 state employees will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or weekly negative test results starting next month.

A group with Republican ties is launching an effort to have three liberal prosecutors in northern Virginia removed from office

An epidemiologist for Prince William County, Virginia, gave a stern warning to the unvaccinated on Monday as the county continues to see an increasing number of COVID-19 cases. “If you are unvaccinated, now is the time. Don’t wait anymore. We’re seeing the surge and you are playing with fire at this point,” Sean Morris said. In the past week,...

Lawmakers are meeting in Richmond for a short special session to elect judges and adjust the state budget to account for billions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief money

The epidemiologist for Prince William County warned there is a surge of cases coming and the unvaccinated “are playing with fire.”

The threat of widespread evictions during the coronavirus pandemic has inspired reforms to a U.S. system that has in the past offered few protections for tenants

News4’s Aimee Cho spoke to residents of Southern Towers Apartments who are worried about the eviction moratorium that is expiring.

Arlington Public Schools will require all students and staff to wear masks when they return to the classroom this fall — regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. The announcement from the school system follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance that everyone wear masks inside schools. Masks will be required while inside all public school buildings and on…

Tornado warnings were issued in parts of Maryland and Virginia Thursday evening as severe storms brought strong winds, lightning and hail the size of limes to some areas. Credit: @natashajasso

Two of the states hit hardest last week, Mississippi and Louisiana and, have some of the nation’s worst vaccination rates and climbing Covid hospitalizations.

Chopper footage of the D.C. area skyline shows a heavy storm moving in. Tornado warnings were issued in parts of Maryland and Virginia Thursday evening as severe storms brought strong winds, lightning and hail the size of limes to some areas.

Northam’s recommendation came the same afternoon that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reinstated the District’s indoor mask mandate for public settings.

Brian Sayrs, the man charged with killing 72-year-old Emily Lu, has a criminal record. Sayrs was renting a room at Lu’s home in Lorton. News4’s Drew Wilder reports more on Sayrs’ criminal past.

Loudoun County, Virginia, reported a significant increase in COVID-19 cases in the past month, and health officials say the delta variant is fueling the spike. “The number of cases is clearly headed in the wrong direction,” Loudoun County Health Director Dr. David Goodfriend said in a news release Monday. “While we have made great progress in vaccinating our residents, the…

The Department of Corrections says it “completed the removal of restrictive housing” in Virginia’s prisons by offering at least four hours of out-of-cell time for those inmates.

A man was fatally struck by a car late Sunday night in McLean, Virginia, Fairfax County Police said.

President Joe Biden traveled a few miles across the Potomac River on Friday evening to stump for former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who is in a crucial race to retake his old job. It was Biden’s first in-person campaign event appearance since becoming president — one in which an estimated 3,000 supporters gathered in a park in Arlington, some without masks,...

General Motors has issued a second recall of its 2017 through 2019 Chevrolet Bolt Electric Vehicles. A Loudoun County family believes the issue with the car is what caused a massive fire at their home.

Here’s what to know about D.C. Restaurant Week 2021.

Authorities in southwest Virginia are searching for a man accused of fatally shooting his wife and wounding another man.