
Survey says: no boll weevils in Virginia
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services recently completed the 2016 cotton boll weevil survey and detected no weevils in Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services recently completed the 2016 cotton boll weevil survey and detected no weevils in Virginia.

The Virginia Environmental Endowment announced awards of more than $180,000 to 14 organizations dedicated to protecting the environment.

On the walls of the UVA Rotunda are plaques honoring alumni slain in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

The flu season has not reached its peak, but already flu activity is increasing in Virginia, according to the State Health Commissioner.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced pilot projects to provide services to inmates with mental illness in local or regional jails.

Peet’s Coffee® will invest $58 million to establish an East Coast manufacturing operation in the City of Suffolk.

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine applauded final passage of the bipartisan Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the award of 36 community policing grants in support of his Policing in the 21st Century Initiative.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) voted in favor of final passage for S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Attorney General Mark R. Herring praised the $1 billion the United States will invest in addressing the heroin and prescription opioid abuse epidemic.
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