Southwest Virginia
Coverage of Southwest Virginia in the Nexus archive.
- Virginians suffer as callous, major cuts to food stamps become entrenched
Virginia's SNAP enrollment dropped nearly 14% between March 2025 and 2026, with 867,000 recipients in 2025 and 754,000 a year later. Critics attribute this to Trump-era food stamp modifications and congressional cuts, causing hardship for low-income and disabled residents. Food banks report increased demand, particularly in rural Southwest Virginia.
- Amazon celebrates opening of Virginia Beach robotics facility and more headlines
Amazon opened a robotics facility in Virginia Beach. Other headlines include a housing shortage in Southwest Virginia and a drowning prevention initiative.
- Virginia lawmakers set to return to Richmond in June to tackle budget and more headlines
Virginia lawmakers are set to return to Richmond in June to address the budget. Other headlines include issues with redistricting, a prosecutor denying preferential treatment claims, a maternal health care program in Southwest Virginia, and a Virginia Beach company coordinating organ and tissue donations.
- Despite Va. Supreme Court scrapping new map, Dems still favored to take the House, more headlines
The Virginia Supreme Court discarded a new map, but Democrats remain favored to win the House. Additional headlines cover a potential veto on collective bargaining, federal vape regulations, a court request to lift an injunction on the 'Lynchburg Loophole,' and rising copper theft in Southwest Virginia.