
DEQ grants to support citizen water quality monitoring
The DEQ has authorized $88,000 in competitive grants to support citizen volunteer water quality monitoring in Virginia.

The DEQ has authorized $88,000 in competitive grants to support citizen volunteer water quality monitoring in Virginia.

The 63rd annual ACC Academic Honor Roll, recognizing academic excellence by student-athletes during the 2018-19 academic year, was announced Tuesday (July 9) by Commissioner John Swofford.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) today announced the Virginia Fourth Congressional District App Challenge.

A National Science Foundation grant will help Virginia Tech professor Marc Stern study and develop workshops that will empower local communities to take action against climate challenges.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving® Virginia has kicked off a month-long television, radio and Facebook campaign to remind people not to drive impaired over the upcoming July 4 holiday week and throughout the year.

Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) announced House passage of $343 million in funding she requested to advance important local priorities including maritime security, shipbuilding, and veteran services.

Attorney General Mark Herring is urging HUD to rescind its proposal that would prevent transgender and gender nonconforming individuals from having equal access to safe homeless shelters.

Boater Martin Villa of Charlottesville won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Piedmont Division tournament on High Rock Lake after catching a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 10 ounces. For his win, Villa pocketed $3,932.

New Dominion Bookshop will host a book reading and signing with fiction writers Cary Holladay and Bruce Holsinger on Wednesday, July 3, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced that he has secured $9.29 million in debt relief for nearly 1,000 former ITT Tech students in Virginia as part of a 43 state multistate settlement.
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