
COVID-19 issues at Virginia Tech force postponement of Tech-UVA Sept. 19 season opener
The Virginia-Virginia Tech Sept. 19 season opener has been postponed at the request of officials of Virginia Tech.

The Virginia-Virginia Tech Sept. 19 season opener has been postponed at the request of officials of Virginia Tech.

A bipartisan group of local, state and student leaders took a united stand for transparency at James Madison University today, sending a joint letter to the Board of Visitors urging them to allow online participation for students and their families in the Sept. 18 meeting.

Following months of speculation, plans are firming up to help bring high school sports back to a level playing field across the county. Many sports, even on a global scale, have faced curtailment in recent times.

The recent agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, brokered by the US, to normalize economic relations between the two countries fell short of the needed reconciliation process that would lead to full recognition of Kosovo’s independence by Serbia.

Staying home. It’s what we were all asked to do to protect ourselves and our community since the arrival of COVID-19 in mid-March. Now staying home is becoming optional as restrictions lift, but for our older community members, it’s still the safest place to be.

Problems with a pinched nerve are quite painful and it is either temporary or go on for quite some time. Almost 85% of the people in the world suffer from back pain with the reasons being quite unclear to some.

Historically Virginia has been a laggard in making it easy and convenient to vote. In fact, most voting laws in the past had the intention of making it difficult for most and impossible for some to vote.

Legislation that would put into place several substantial reforms to the operations of the Virginia Parole Board passed the State Senate unanimously on Wednesday.

D’Angelo Amos and Adeeb Atariwa fell, like manna from heaven, into the laps of the defensive brain trust at UVA, bolstering an already deep and talented unit bringing back a ton of experience from a successful 2019.

Attorneys for entertainment mogul Kanye West have filed an appeal with the Virginia Supreme Court to overturn Richmond Circuit Court Judge Joi J. Taylor’s ruling from last week that removed West from Virginia’s ballots for November’s election.
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