New troopers graduate from training, join Virginia State Police ranks
The Commonwealth graduated 31 new troopers at the State Police Training Academy in Chesterfield County last week.
The Commonwealth graduated 31 new troopers at the State Police Training Academy in Chesterfield County last week.
A newly-formed nonpartisan democracy reform collective, Presence at the Polls is a flagship voter outreach program by UpVote Virginia.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $800,000 to the Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline.

Spotted lanternflies are thriving in the Northeast including New York City where it has been reported that the exterior walls of buildings are covered in the speckled bugs.

Virginia’s most infamous hitchhiker is on the move again: the spotted lanternfly.

Highway work requiring road/lane/structure closures is planned in the Lynchburg District.

Highway work requiring road/lane/structure closures in the Lynchburg District. Work may be delayed/canceled due to weather or other issues.

Highway work requiring road/lane/structure closures in the Lynchburg District.

Eight-three percent of animals that entered shelters in the United States in 2021 were saved. But 355,000 were euthanized, according to recent data from the Best Friends Animal Society. Half of these animals were euthanized in California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Alabama.

While many gardeners welcome worms in their soil, there’s one wriggling fiend that is unwanted. Virginia Cooperative Extension is asking Virginia residents to keep an eye out for the invasive jumping worm.
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