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The Supreme Court of Virginia has again extended its declaration of a judicial emergency by another three weeks. The court’s 12th COVID-19 order pushes the possible emergency end date to Nov. 22, although extensions have become routine. The latest emergency ...

(AP) A judge heard hours of arguments and witness testimony but did not immediately issue a ruling in a lawsuit seeking to prevent Virginia’s governor from removing an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. “It’s a ...

The pass rate for the July Virginia Bar Exam was the highest in 22 years – by far. Of the 431 applicants who sat for the July 28-29 exam in Roanoke, 87.47% passed, according to the Virginia Board of Bar ...

Despite an earlier setback over the need for individual courthouse plans, a Supreme Court panel now has approved jury trial resumption plans for courts in Roanoke, Roanoke County and Salem, the chief circuit judge reported Oct. 16. Judge David Carson ...

(AP) Virginia lawmakers all but wrapped up a special legislative session by approving a new state budget that gives bonuses to police, pays for a host of new criminal justice reforms, and extends moratoriums on evictions and utility shutoffs during the ...

(AP) Almost five months after George Floyd was killed in police custody in Minneapolis, the Virginia General Assembly has passed a host of police reforms as it nears the end of a special session. The reforms include legislation that bans ...

(AP) Two U.S. Park Police officers have been indicted on manslaughter charges in the 2017 shooting death of an unarmed motorist who led officers on a stop-and-go chase outside Washington, capping nearly three years of inquiry into a case that ...

(AP) A federal judge extended the deadline for registering to vote in Virginia by 48 hours after the state’s online voter registration system went down because of an accidentally severed cable. The Oct. 14 order by U.S. District Judge John ...

(AP) An accidentally severed fiber optic cable that shut down Virginia’s online voter registration system for several hours on the last day to register before the November general election has prompted a lawsuit from a civil rights organization. The Virginia Department ...

The Roanoke Valley will wait a bit longer for the resumption of jury trials, according to Chief Circuit Judge David Carson. In an update for lawyers on Oct. 13, Carson said a Virginia Supreme Court panel notified Carson a week ...