Feds give Appalachian Power 30-year license to operate Smith Mountain hydro project in Va.

Appalachian power gets 30-year license for project

W.Va. Gov. Manchin to hold annual energy summit; Allegheny, Duke execs scheduled to speak

W.Va. governor to hold annual energy summit

Police: Disappearance of Va. Tech student at concert now considered a criminal investigation

ROANOKE, Va. — The search for a Virginia Tech student missing since she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert Saturday is being treated as a criminal investigation, police said Wednesday.

US judge in Va. orders neo-Nazi leader released on bond, but prosecution appeals ruling

ROANOKE, Va. — A U.S. magistrate judge in Virginia has ordered the release of an avowed white supremacist, but prosecutors have appealed.

Newly released records: Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to school counselor

ROANOKE, Va. — Recently discovered records show the Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor nearly a year and half before the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history.

Families of Virginia Tech victims want state to reopen investigation of 2007 mass shootings

ROANOKE, Va. — Families of the Virginia Tech shooting victims asked Gov. Tim Kaine on Tuesday to reopen a state commission’s investigation of the 2007 mass killings in which 32 people died.

Judge releases Nevada man who threatened Va. Tech alums, orders psychiatric treatment

ROANOKE, Va. — A man who pleaded guilty to sending an e-mail threat to two Virginia Tech alumni on the eve of the first anniversary of the university’s mass shooting has been released from jail and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment.

Va. closing 18 of its 42 interstate rest areas July 21, adding truck parking at others

ROANOKE, Va. — Travelers who count on Virginia’s no-frills rest areas as places to stop are about to find their passage through the state less comfortable.

Police: Son who escaped family slaying in Virginia says dad lured him home, shot him in back

ROANOKE, Va. — A college student played dead to escape a family shooting by his father, who killed the other son and their mother before setting their house on fire and taking his own life, investigators said Monday.

On D-Day’s 65th anniversary, French to honor vet from all-black unit that went unrecognized

ROANOKE, Va. — As a soldier in World War II, William Dabney was used to the military’s segregated quarters. An African-American, he had no contact with his white counterparts.

Nev. man pleads guilty to sending e-mail threat to Va. Tech alumni a year after shootings

ROANOKE, Va. — A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to sending an e-mail threat to two Virginia Tech alumni on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the school’s mass shootings.