As the five Democratic candidates for City Council gear up for the first debate of the campaign season tonight, they have been hitting many of the same notes.

A new interchange at McIntire Road and the U.S. 250 Bypass is one step closer to becoming a reality.

The Piedmont Family YMCA is urging the City Council to decide in the coming weeks whether to endorse the organization’s plan for building a new athletics and aquatic facility in McIntire Park.

The transportation compromise announced this week remains flawed but offers enough of a road-building revenue patch that it should win legislative acceptance, three legislators said.

Virginia transportation department’s purchase is a major step forward for a project on the drawing board for almost four decades. POST YOUR COMMENTS!

Some say it’s a vision that provides for development residents do not want, a blueprint for employment and housing that will only attract unwanted newcomers. Other residents and business owners say that Places29 looks great, but ask: Who will pay for it- WHAT DO YOU THINK-

The area’s road system might see ground broken next year on a long-delayed, two-lane Meadowcreek Parkway but will not see many benefits from this year’s transportation bill, officials said Wednesday.