The swim advisory area is not expected to be expanded as the sewage moves downstream; DEQ believes it will be diluted and ...

The Virginia Department of Health says since Memorial Day, six children under the age of five have drowned, and summer isn't ...

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is raising awareness for sun safety as part of Ultraviolet (UV) Protection Month this July.

Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a Notice of Violation to Hopewell’s wastewater treatment plant six months prior to Friday night’s massive discharge of raw sewage.

A toddler drowned in a Henrico County pool Saturday night. This tragedy is one among many in Virginia this year, per state health officials, as small children are drowning at a higher rate.