
Richmond drops opener to SeaWolves
After waiting through a lengthy rain delay, the Richmond Flying Squirrels (47-55) dropped the opener of a three-game series to the Erie SeaWolves, 5-1, at Jerry Uht Park on Monday night.

After waiting through a lengthy rain delay, the Richmond Flying Squirrels (47-55) dropped the opener of a three-game series to the Erie SeaWolves, 5-1, at Jerry Uht Park on Monday night.

Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that Atomized Products Group, Inc. (APG), a global provider in the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of metal powders and TEXEX® brand battery expanders, will invest $4.3 million to establish an operation in the City of Chesapeake.

At the sound of the air horn, hundreds of runners took off down the street from Waynesboro’s Ridgeview Park. As my heart began pumping in the early morning air, my mind turned over the events which led me to this moment.

Moody’s Investor Services has upgraded Virginia’s AAA credit rating outlook from “negative”, which was assigned in August 2011, to “stable.”

Clinton Bell, a Tazewell County cattle and sheep producer has had problems with coyotes since the 1980s. “One year we lost 25 lambs to coyotes. Since the first of this year, I’ve lost one ewe and half a dozen lambs,” Bell said earlier this summer.

Citizens or communities across Virginia will be better able to map their most significant natural resources and to prepare plans to conserve or restore them thanks to a new guidebook prepared by the Green Infrastructure Center in Charlottesville.

After taking the first three games of the series, Salem was trounced 9-4 by Potomac in the final contest.

Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the procedures for automatically restoring, on an individualized basis, civil rights to non-violent felons. The process was established with the help of multiple recommendations by stakeholder groups and affected agencies.

While gas prices inched lower through the first half of the summer driving season, rising crude oil prices have triggered an upswing in prices at the pumps, perhaps signaling prices have hit a seasonal low.

The Bowie Baysox swept a doubleheader from the Richmond Flying Squirrels at Prince George’s Stadiumon Friday night. The Baysox took the first game, 5-2, and then blanked the Squirrels, 3-0, in the nightcap.
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