
State Fair names wine competition medal winners
Nineteen Virginia wines representing 10 wineries garnered gold medals, and 19 wines representing nine wineries won silver medals June 11 in the 25th State Fair of Virginia Commercial Wine Competition.

Nineteen Virginia wines representing 10 wineries garnered gold medals, and 19 wines representing nine wineries won silver medals June 11 in the 25th State Fair of Virginia Commercial Wine Competition.

Governor Ralph Northam and the state Board of Education announced Wednesday that 349 schools and 16 school divisions earned 2018 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board approved the latest budgets and Six-Year Improvement Program for the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation.

The Virginia Environmental Endowment announced grant awards of $284,612 to 14 organizations dedicated to protecting and improving the Commonwealth’s natural resources and environment.

One of the world’s oldest art forms was recently celebrated in one of the most technologically advanced performance spaces, when the ceremony honoring Steger Poetry Prize winners was, for the first time, held in the Cube at the Moss Arts Center.

This week, the Commonwealth wrapped up its 90-day public comment period on a recently proposed climate rule. Environment Virginia delivered hundreds of public comments from its members and supporters, urging the DEQ to adopt the strongest possible plan to cut carbon pollution.

For Virginia travelers looking to explore rural living, or learn more about farming, there are farm families who offer lodging or bed-and-breakfast accommodations.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) announced today that the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) are awarding $693,962 in federal funding to Virginia housing authorities to help homeless veterans and their families find affordable and stable housing.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statements after Congress approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill to fund the federal government through September 30, 2018.

A wide swath of organizations support an increase in Virginia’s long-outdated felony larceny threshold but oppose the so-called bipartisan compromise announced last week that traded an increase in the threshold for passage of legislation enhancing the enforcement of restitution orders entered in criminal cases.
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