A new initiative is looking to strengthen arts access and leadership in Virginia’s small towns and rural communities with limited traditional infrastructure.

The Virginia Commission for the Arts is launching a pilot project aimed at strengthening the arts in small towns that I hope works out.

From lakefront New York to the shores of Lake Superior, these 10 small US towns offer retirees affordable housing, strong healthcare and a pace of life worth slowing down for.

John Steuart Curry's "Tragic Prelude." In October 1859, a small town at the junction of two rivers became the focal point of ...

Could the next representative for Virginia’s Sixth Congressional District be someone not currently running in the Sixth?

East Lansing was ranked among the 10 best cities for college basketball fans in a recent national survey conducted by a personal finance website while five other Michigan cities also were among the ...

Staunton is a small town with genuine character, the kind of place where people still say hello to strangers and local ...

Abingdon, Virginia, is the antidote to over-planned, over-scheduled, over-stressed family trips, offering a perfect blend of culture, nature, and small-town magic that doesn’t require color-coded ...

Typically, we hit our first 60 degree day in March, but that has not always been the case.

The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a request for new warnings on antidepressant drugs, and that's presenting an unusual conflict of interest at the agency.

Massive Swedish study of over two million people reveals that genetic risk for mental illness often points toward ...

After traveling all over the United States, my favorite small towns to visit are in Washington, California, New York, ...