
Culpeper District Traffic Alerts: Week of Aug. 8-12
The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.

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

Educators interested in incorporating agricultural learning into their curricula can receive help from Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom’s educator grants.

The University of Virginia has announced that Christa D. Acampora has been appointed the dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, effective Sept. 1.

VMI has named former Keydet pitcher and long-time pitching coach Sam Roberts as the new baseball coach.

How underwhelming was the Washington Nationals farm system before GM Mike Rizzo landed a package of top prospects from San Diego in the Juan Soto trade?

Ancient giant sequoias in California, once considered impervious to flames, are again under threat from wildfires, this time in the Yosemite National Park.

The FredNats dropped the third game of their six-game series with Down East 5-0 Thursday. The FredNats maintain a lead in the the series at two games to one.

Democrats have drawn even with Republicans in polling ahead of the 2022 midterms, and Jennifer Lewis, the Democratic congressional nominee in the Sixth District in Virginia, is feeling the energy.

Nancy Pelosi’s stopover in Taiwan may be brave or foolhardy, but the Chinese reaction so far (lots of live-fire weapons drills close to the island nation, along with acts of cyber-sabotage) suggests how threatened the government of the Peoples’ Republic of China feels.

The FredNats earned another one-run victory at Grainger Stadium on Wednesday, downing the Wood Ducks 6-5. Branden Boissiere went deep, and Bryan Pena, AJ Candelario and Cody Greenhill combined for a scoreless night of FredNats relief.
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