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As Hospitals Monitor Drugs, Opioid Deaths See Decline

Virginia hospitals are monitoring painkiller prescriptions more closely and taking other steps to curb the opioid epidemic, and the efforts may be paying off: Drug overdoses in Virginia have dropped for the first time in six years. In 2016, the opioid epidemic was...

Virginia’s Immigration Court Backlog Among Largest in Nation

The first thing Abbie Arevalo Herrera is going to do when she eventually leaves sanctuary is thank God. “He’s the one who’s allowed me to have this experience, and I feel like I’m learning a lot, things I never imagined,” Arevalo Herrera said in Spanish. And then, she...

Understanding the LGBTQ Aging Process

Gerontologist Jay White has found that growing older takes on a significantly different meaning for LGBTQ folks. He'd like to learn more. Can you help? The universal truth: Everyone gets older and everyone ages. Aging may be a natural part of the human existence, but...

Religious Group Posts Anti-Gay Marriage Billboard In Martinsville

Martinsville pastor Thomas Farrell of Thou Shall Ministries, who paid for the billboard, said that the message to create it "came from God." When I was younger, my best friend was wildly obsessed with horror movies, especially from the slasher era of the 70s and early...

This Beat Is Mine: Weekend Playlist by Body Talk

Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops an absolutely amazing playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around, we've got a flawlessly-curated selection of bangers from Body Talk, a local DJ collective made up of Mike...

New Civil War Museum Sheds Light on Untold Stories

The American Civil War Museum, which holds its grand opening Saturday, aims to tell the war’s untold stories through multimedia, artifacts, and personal narratives. If asked who was involved in the Civil War, most Americans would list the usual suspects: Robert E....

Could Hemp Join Tobacco As A Big Cash Crop in Virginia?

As tobacco production fades into the past and more permissive laws go into effect, hemp is poised to become the way of the future for Virginia farmers. At first glance, it looks like a stoner’s paradise: acres of plants that resemble marijuana. But this crop is hemp,...

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