
Field hockey: No. 4 Virginia falls 8-3 to No. 3 North Carolina
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team (8-2, 2-2 ACC) fell 8-3 to No. 3 North Carolina (10-1, 3-1 ACC) on Friday (Oct. 2) at Turf Field in Charlottesville, N.C.

The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team (8-2, 2-2 ACC) fell 8-3 to No. 3 North Carolina (10-1, 3-1 ACC) on Friday (Oct. 2) at Turf Field in Charlottesville, N.C.

Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced the members of the Governor’s Council on Youth Entrepreneurship, which was established last month through Executive Order 47.

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank community gathered recently to view the naming of a warehouse freezer in honor of the late Franklin P. Perdue, the former chairman of Perdue Farms.

Last Thursday, Pope Francis addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress. It was a great honor to receive Pope Francis on his first trip to the United States. He is the first pope to ever address Congress, and I am grateful for his message of hope and compassion.

Virginia Organizing kicked off its Stand with Women campaign across the Commonwealth with a series of local women’s roundtables in Danville, Waynesboro, Petersburg, and Blacksburg.

Because the sense of hearing is of such great importance, the decision to seek hearing help is very often a family event.

The sweet sound of falling gas prices is music to the ears of motorists, and it’s the kind of news they don’t mind having repeated each week. Today’s national average price for regular unleaded gasoline is $2.29, representing a monthly savings of 24 cents per gallon as prices continue to fall lower.

Next week marks a new phase of work on the Rio Road grade-separated intersection project that will require nightly closures of the Rio Road crossover at Route 29.

Augusta Free Press is live from Scott Stadium as UVA (1-2) hosts Boise State (2-1) tonight at 8 p.m. AFP editor Chris Graham will report with score and situational updates, commentary, analysis and more.

Governor Terry McAuliffe awarded nearly $5.3 million in state year-round and extended school year grants to support the development and implementation of year-round instructional programs in 54 schools in 10 school divisions.
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