
McAuliffe completes 18th international trade mission
Governor McAuliffe completed his 18th trade mission on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia this week.

Governor McAuliffe completed his 18th trade mission on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia this week.

All lanes on Route 11 and I-81 exit 213 ramps have reopened in the Greenville area of Augusta County.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act.

Forty-four Nelson County businesses are among those urging a federal review of all four proposed gas pipelines that would cross Virginia.

Dominion has held a series of Advisory Committee meetings allowing residents input into the proposed compressor station slated to be built near Yogaville and two black church communities.

Several groups have filed arguments against the continued construction of the Cove Point liquefied natural gas export facility on the Chesapeake Bay at Lusby, Maryland.

Dr. Sugata Mitra, 2013 TED Prize winner and noted education researcher, spoke to more than 1,000 combined community members at two public talks in Charlottesville this week. Hosted by St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Mitra discussed self-organizing systems in future schools at The Jefferson Theater on October 15 and St. Anne’s-Belfield School on October 16.

Attorney General Mark Herring announced Thursday that he has fulfilled his commitment of earning certification for the Office of Attorney General by the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) program, an initiative to encourage Virginia employers to implement nationally recognized best practices in recruiting, hiring, and retaining highly-skilled and dependable veterans.

New legislation will take effect in Virginia today, including a trio of bills from Attorney General Mark R. Herring to address Virginia’s heroin and prescription drug overdose crisis.

Today, on the steps outside the Washington office of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Friends of Nelson is protesting what it calls FERC’s flagrant disregard for the public in the permitting process for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
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