
Banking on Diversity: Minority business fund launched by banks in Virginia, West Virginia
First Bank announced today the launch of the Banking on Diversity initiative, a minority business funding program to improve and develop local communities.

First Bank announced today the launch of the Banking on Diversity initiative, a minority business funding program to improve and develop local communities.

According to recent data from USDA, nearly 40 million Americans live in food deserts, areas defined to be without grocery stores within one or more miles in urban regions, and ten or more miles in rural regions.

Del. Sam Rasoul’s campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for lieutenant governor announced endorsements this week from State Sen. John Bell, D-Loudoun, State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Midlothian, and State Del. Lashrecse Aird, D-Petersburg.

Three Economic Resilience and Recovery Program projects that will help Virginia communities mitigate the economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health response are among those being funded through $6 million in GO Virginia grants announced this week.

Gov. Ralph Northam has announced two allocations of Growth and Opportunity for Virginia grants, totaling more than $9 million, that will go to support more than 30 local, regional and statewide projects.

Nearly a quarter of the state’s registered voters have voted in person or by mail, more than doubling already the number of absentee votes cast in the 2016 election.

Sen. Mark Warner will be attending a variety of Get Out The Vote events in Fairfax, Ashland, Richmond and Henrico over the coming days.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine will hold a series of virtual discussions with Virginians across the Commonwealth to address the health and economic crises resulting from COVID-19.

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has concluded the 2019-2020 chronic wasting disease surveillance efforts in Virginia’s white-tailed deer population.