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Remote work lets Americans continue to flee large cities for smaller towns even after the pandemic, according to the Cooper Center.

Salem's population is skewed older. Meanwhile, a proposed rezoning for mixed-use development is controversial. Here's how those are related.

Remote work behind small-town boom, says Virginia demographer Hamilton Lombard from the Weldon Cooper Center.

Nearly 20% of Americans 65 and older are still in the workforce, and nearly all of Virginia’s population growth since 2010 has come from its 60 and older population, largely due to birth and death rates and people living longer.

Using data from the Demographic Research Group at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center, Sejal Naik (deputy economist for Virginia Realtors) paints a picture of people continuing to gravitate away from larger metro areas to smaller ones.

State and federal officials say fires that hit Virginia this spring and fall season caused some damage but may add ecosystem diversity.

Isle of Wight County Parks and Recreation held an April 18 ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the Born Learning Trail at Riverview Park in Smithfield recently launched in partnership with United Way of South Hampton Roads and the Luter Family YMCA.

The Frederick County School Board on Tuesday evening continued its discussion about the possibility of a much-debated fourth high school.

Virginia K-12 public school enrollment will decline by nearly 31,000 students, or about 2.9 percent, over the next four years, according to the demographic research group at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.

The Northern Shenandoah Valley is such a nice place to live, raise a family and retire that the University of Virginia‘s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service released data in January showing that Winchester-Frederick County has been the fastest-growing region in the state for the past three years.