
Northam to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday
Gov. Ralph Northam today announced that he intends to mark Juneteenth as a permanent paid state holiday, starting by giving state employees a day off this Friday, June 19.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced that he intends to mark Juneteenth as a permanent paid state holiday, starting by giving state employees a day off this Friday, June 19.

Juneteenth, the annual June 19 commemoration of the end of slavery, could get heightened attention with continued protests for racial justice, according to a Virginia Tech expert.
As the weather turns warmer, Downtown Staunton will soon be bustling with visitors and residents shopping and dining on weekends.
The 2019 national-title run of Tony Bennett’s UVA Basketball team plays an important role in the political origin story of Abigail Spanberger.
In January, Joyce Colemon of Waynesboro stepped down as president of the local branch of the NAACP after 14 years. While no longer leading the Waynesboro branch, Colemon will not be stepping down anytime soon from her work in civil activism.
Waynesboro Schools is providing free meals through the summer for children 18 years old and younger at each school site in the River City.
The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum joins more than 700 museums and historic sites across the country for Civic Season.
Waynesboro Public Library announces the roll out of the new Outreach Book Bike, a mobile library initiative to extend library services.
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas represented her Houston-based district and the fourth largest city in the nation for 29 years.
I might be “fringe media,” but a contract extension signed on June 13, and announced that afternoon, with an “effective date of proposed extension” listed as June 1, that all kinda feels like a rush job to me.