Louisa County

North Anna Power Station's two nuclear reactors operated safely last year, according to its latest performance review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Overall, according to a March 4 letter to David A. Heacock, president and chief nuclear officer...

Dominion Virginia Power had a crew of about 20 working Friday to determine what caused the shutdown of its North Anna power facility's Unit 2 nuclear reactor earlier in the day. The unit was idled April 7 for a scheduled refueling. The utility was...

YORK — A man is facing felony charges in York County of bilking an ex-wife of former state delegate Phil Hamilton by promising to get him out of prison through a pardon from President Barack Obama. Joseph J. Yancey, 52, of Louisa County, faces six...

Dominion Virginia Power has begun the process of restarting its North Anna power facility's Unit 2 nuclear reactor, idled since April 7 for a scheduled refueling. Figures provided by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission show Unit 2 was operating at...

The Wilmington-area economy should get a jump-start from the jobs that will result from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's deal with a Virginia utility, GEH President and CEO Caroline Reda said Friday. In the deal, GEH will engineer its new ESBWR nuclear...

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with proposals allowing county voters to decide in November whether to impose a meals tax and issue bonds to pay for capital-improvement projects. The issues now go...

The debate over transportation funding has overshadowed other proposals during the final days of the General Assembly session. But other issues, including education reform, are coming into focus. Thursday in the State Senate, a forceful debate over...

Nearly four dozen people -- including several locals -- have been named to a Virginia panel reviewing school policies and procedures. The panel will also review funding and resource challenges, to ensure the safety of students and educators. Gov. Bob...

The earth moved in again in Louisa, Virginia, but this time it was just another aftershock. The U.S. Geolocical Survey says a 2.0 magnitude earthquake hit Louisa yesterday. That is the same area a 5.8 quake shook much of the east coast back in August,...

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Dominion Virginia Power says a nuclear reactor at its North Anna power station is back in service after a faulty electronic circuit card that caused it to shut down. Unit 2 at the Louisa County plant tripped automatically shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday....