Northam to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday
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Gov. Ralph Northam today announced that he intends to mark Juneteenth as a permanent paid state holiday, starting by giving state employees a day off this Friday, June 19.
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Juneteenth celebration should get more attention with focus on racial justice
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Juneteenth, the annual June 19 commemoration of the end of slavery, could get heightened attention with continued protests for racial justice, according to a Virginia Tech expert.
Waynesboro Schools offers free breakfast, lunch through summer for children under 18
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Waynesboro Schools is providing free meals through the summer for children 18 years old and younger at each school site in the River City.
‘How we got here’: Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library to host civics event June 24
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum joins more than 700 museums and historic sites across the country for Civic Season.
Waynesboro: Outreach Book Bike expands library services in the River City
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Waynesboro Public Library announces the roll out of the new Outreach Book Bike, a mobile library initiative to extend library services.
Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, a UVA law grad, loses cancer battle
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas represented her Houston-based district and the fourth largest city in the nation for 29 years.
Offer sheet from UVA Athletics to Tony Bennett sheds light on when extension was offered
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I might be “fringe media,” but a contract extension signed on June 13, and announced that afternoon, with an “effective date of proposed extension” listed as June 1, that all kinda feels like a rush job to me.
ARROW Project’s Sabrina Burress named Mental Health Champion in Virginia
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ARROW Project Executive Director Sabrina Burress was honored today for going above and beyond to serve those in the mental health field.
Expert on misguided administrations, banning teaching of critical race theory
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It’s been two years since the United States designated Juneteenth a federal holiday. But America still has a long way to go to correct racial injustice.
Virginia Tech faculty receive summer funding for research to fight racism, inequality
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Nine faculty members at Virginia Tech aim to produce research this summer that will fight racism, expose structural inequality and support vulnerable communities.
