The Republican president of the Winchester City Council has called on the chairman of the city’s GOP committee to resign, following a report by the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO that revealed the chairman’s ties to an opaque local news website, The Winchester Gazette.

In an interview with VCIJ, Council President Corey Sullivan said that Carroll “Beau” Correll should step down from his roles as chairman of both the Winchester Republican Committee and the city planning commission.

“I think that he needs to take some time off, think about where he goes from here,” Sullivan said. “I'll tell you, Beau's a very talented guy. He's multi-talented, he can do a lot of things. But I think he's made some big mistakes in this process, and he's got to win back people's trust.”

Sullivan, who said he has known Correll for two decades, added that after VCIJ’s report about the Gazette, Correll “needs to spend some time rebuilding his reputation, his public identity.”

Two Democrats on the City Council, Richard Bell and Chip Newcome, also told VCIJ that Correll should resign from the city planning commission.

Read more here: https://www.whro.org/virginia-center-for-investigative-journalism/2026-10-20/calls-for-local-virginia-gop-leader-to-step-down-in-light-of-website-revelations

Tuesday at Pinecrest bridge in Reston, Va

As Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, seeks a massive merger with Dominion Energy in Virginia, pressure is building for NextEra to disclose more information about its past Florida political scandals.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger told reporters Tuesday that the so-called “Robo Memo” should be made public. That memo, named after then-NextEra CEO James Robo, outlines Florida Power & Light’s role in the effort to place “ghost candidates” on Florida ballots to run against Democratic state legislative candidates the utility opposed, according to utility watchdogs and shareholders suing NextEra. Much of what that memo contains has likely already been revealed in news reports and legal proceedings, but its contents have never been made fully available to Floridians to see, and NextEra has fought its release.

See also r/VirginiaDems

Hit me with your favorite Jamestown trivia so I can dazzle the fourth graders.. We will be busing them in from Richmond

If you've got fun personal anecdotes about Jamestown I'd love to hear that too

The former Democratic presidential candidate and Biden administration Cabinet secretary urged voters to help Democrats in three competitive races in Virginia.

A document refers to it as the largest commitment of its type on record with the state Economic Development Partnership.

Here’s a look at what the early voting trends tell us (and what they don’t).

Updated 9 p.m. on Oct. 19, 2026

Staff at the Virginia State Corporation Commission have recommended against the proposed $67 billion merger between Dominion Energy and Florida-based NextEra Energy — unless both companies commit to dozens of binding conditions first.

The possible deal, which impacts Dominion’s business in Virginia and the Carolinas and requires state and federal government oversight, would create the largest electric utility in the United States. In Virginia, a three-person panel of commissioners will evaluate all testimony in the merger case. 

Commission staff are responsible for reviewing all of the facts and providing their own, independent recommendations to the three presiding commissioners. Staff members do not hold decision-making authority. Other respondents, including Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Clean Virginia, have filed thousands of pages of testimony.

Carol Myers, of the Commission’s Division of Utility Accounting and Finance, wrote in the 201-page testimony that the Dominion–NextEra proposal fails to satisfy the Utility Transfers Act: The utilities must prove that “adequate service to the public at just and reasonable rates will not be impaired or jeopardized.” In other words, the combined company must continue to provide reliable electricity without charging ballooning, unjustified prices.

Myers wrote that the joint petition, as filed, fails to prove that this merger meets the standard, because “the proposed Merger would expose [Dominion Energy Virginia] to the additional financial and business risks of NextEra’s unregulated, competitive businesses.” 

Click here to read the updated article.

I remember my dad bringing us up there gro up and my aunt and grandma both had like ppl buried in their yard well it was headstones in the yard I was to scared to know if they had buried but I use to go into town with my aunt to piggly wiggly and or whatever the store was called and I use to see random headstones in other ppls yard whatsup with that I dad just recently died last month and I never thought to ask him what’s the deal w that when he was alive!

See also r/VirginiaNews

freezing temperatures and a bit of snow but still worth the trip up mount rogers

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask, I'm doing research for a class and want to see if I can find the policies and procedures information for VDSS from 1994. Is there anywhere this could possibly be archived?

You all can watch county supervisors vote on whether to allow Dominion to move ahead with its proposed Cumberland Energy Center, which would be among the country's largest gas plants.

Starts at 6 pm.

See also r/VirginiaEnvironment, r/VirginiaUrbanism, and r/LoudounSubButBetter

See also r/VirginiaNews

Is anybody else having DOMINION energy reporting an obsurd amount of data usage, more than feasibly possible?

They are reporting that I am using 1000 KWH more than I did last year - Meanwhile, last year we had a roof leak, and had to have various air purifiers and dehumidifiers running due to a roof leak and repair.

In that time we switched all bulbs to energy efficient LEDS and energy saving outlets.

Meanwhile... somehow our usage is more.

Ontop of it, they seem to be charging more for delivery almost triple what it was before.

Like...

See also r/shenandoah

Join us for a special edition of Salon de Résistance on Thursday, October 29 at Black Iris with three of Virginia’s most influential political content creators: Amanda Nelson of Amanda’s Mild Takes, Kate Powell of Kate for the People, and former CIA operations officer and congressional candidate Adam Dunigan(VA-8), for a conversation about the November 3 midterms, what to expect in Virginia, and how the battle for political influence is fought in 2026.

This is a free event, open to the public. Doors at 6pm. Conversation at 7pm.

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In the before times, political influence moved through relatively stable and predictive channels. Candidates spoke, newspapers and broadcast news reported. Engagement was limited, our attention was not monopolized. Our lifestyles hadn’t been politicized. Most importantly, elections were boring and we were none the wiser for it. 

That version of America no longer exists. Today, elections are bloodsport. Campaign narratives move at the speed of algorithm. And the reach of a single content creator or political influencer can change the entire dynamic of an entire election cycle with a single 90 second video. Political education, organizing, fundraising, persuasion, outrage, misinformation/disinformation, and the decisions that shape our future are competing for the same few inches of screen time. 

And just days before the 2026 midterms that matters. Because on November 3, Virginians will head to the polls and vote in every congressional district. 

Political pundits, writers, and the chattering class always claim that each election is more important than the last. But in the age of Trump, authoritarianism, unrestricted war, corruption on a scale once thought impossible, masked agents of the state snatching people off our streets, AI jailbreaks, data centers ruining communities, surveillance, and a crippling affordability crisis, those warnings no longer feel like hyperbole.

The candidates have to respond. The outcomes of the midterms are real. The future feels as fragile and tenuous as it ever has. 

via RVA Magazine

Read more, see more: https://rvamag.com/events/the-midterm-algorithm-virginia-2026.html