The University of Virginia Department of Athletics and the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center announced that UVA’s women’s sport programs will be honored at the National Girls and Women in Sports Day ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia voters will make history Tuesday when they choose between two women vying to become the state's first female governor in its 400-year history. The gubernatorial race between ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Virginia lawmakers return to Richmond Wednesday, January 13, with the most women ever elected to the General Assembly, marking a historic shift in the state legislature’s ...

RICHMOND — Virginia became the 33rd state to elect a female governor, but the recent race was a rare instance where the two candidates were both women — just the 11th time in the U.S. since 1986. Gov.

RICHMOND — More than three decades after she last ran for office, Mary Sue Terry sat in front of the television on the farm where she grew up and watched Abigail Spanberger make the history she was ...

Abigail Spanberger, a former Democratic congresswoman and CIA officer, has been elected Virginia’s next governor and will become the state’s first female chief executive. Her victory will flip control ...

Virginia is one of the top wine-producing states, with more than 300 wineries and eight official American Viticultural Areas. The wine industry has long struggled with diversity, particularly when it ...