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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake with an epicenter near Mineral in Louisa County was reported on Tuesday, causing tremors as far away as New York, Ohio, and the Carolinas. According to Dr. Alton Dooley, associate curator of paleontology at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, this was one of the largest earthquakes in Virginia’s recorded history,…
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Virginia’s largest yard sale has been captured in a new documentary set to air tomorrow at 8 p.m. on Central Virginia-based PBS affiliate, WVPT. Titled “Yard Sale Ahead, The Rt. 11 Yard Crawl,” the documentary shot by WVPT chief videographer and producer Ed Bickel for the first time chronicles the 43-mile yard sale stretching from…
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Sophomore Matt Tenaglia (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) had a pair of multiple-RBI hits as James Madison scored seven runs over the final four innings to rally past Virginia Tech 7-5 in a non-conference baseball game Saturday evening at English Field. JMU won its fourth straight game to improve to 31-15 overall. VT fell to 27-21…
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VHA, a nationwide cooperative of community hospitals, has recognized RMH Healthcare as a leader in preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections and has highlighted RMH’s clinical practices on its website as a Leading Practice Blueprint. “This is of huge significance for our organization,” said Becky Brubaker, RMH infection prevention and control preventionist. “It shows that we…
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ESPN announced today it will video stream Virginia’s Orange-Blue Spring Football Game on ESPN3. The contest is slated for Saturday, April 2 at Scott Stadium following the UVa men’s lacrosse team’s game against Maryland that starts at noon. Virginia is one of eight schools currently scheduled to have its spring football game carried by ESPN…
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During this past district work week, I traveled to Charlottesville, Danville, South Boston, Altavista, Chatham, Buckingham, and Nelson and talked with constituents there and in the surrounding areas. I heard from students at the University of Virginia and Danville National College, met with many business leaders across the District, and held several constituent roundtables to…
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Five prep All-Americans highlight a football recruiting class composed of 20 student-athletes, as announced by Virginia Tech on Wednesday. “We’re really pleased with this class,” head coach Frank Beamer said. “It’s a solid, good class with a lot of players who have great potential. In a year that we had limited scholarships, I’m happy we…
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Flu activity has reached the “widespread” stage in Virginia, and activity also has increased lately in the Central Shenandoah Health District. Local health departments are seeing an increase in case reports, and local hospital emergency departments and urgent care centers in the health district are also starting to see cases. “The flu season got off…
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After 11 years and an ACLU lawsuit, the Virginia Department of Corrections confirmed today that it was finally allowing prisoners with long hair or beards out of segregation. The ACLU lawsuit, filed in 2003 on behalf of Muslim and Rastafarian prisoners, claimed that DOC’s policy requiring inmates to be clean shaven and to keep their…
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A new program involving state government and a group of Virginia banks and credit unions aims at protecting consumers and financial institutions from fake-check scams. Sixty-one banks and credit unions participating in this effort will hand out a brochure created by Consumer Federation of America about fake-check scams and similar frauds to every consumer who…
