Left out in the cold: Region’s homeless population seek refuge during the day
The area’s homeless population must soon find refuge on their own during the day despite the forecast for bitter cold temperatures.
The area’s homeless population must soon find refuge on their own during the day despite the forecast for bitter cold temperatures.
A commercial poultry flock in Virginia has tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza, more commonly referred to as the bird flu or HPAI.
TikTok ended its hours-long political stunt on Sunday, with the Chinese company’s owner, ByteDance, making itself available to U.S. users again, after voluntarily taking the app down late Saturday night.

Now we enter the dog days of winter, as it were, with no Thanksgiving warmth or Christmas joy to save us from the bitter cold, and no holiday of significance to pull us through to the warm promise of spring (no, Valentine’s Day doesn’t count).
The reactions to the news that UVA President Jim Ryan has finalized an extension with Athletics Director Carla Williams that includes a substantial raise for Williams aren’t trending in a good direction.
A Virginia man was sentenced to more than five years in prison and ordered to pay $98,000 in restitution for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has Virginia joining the chorus of red states that will be flying their U.S. flags at full-staff for the Trump inauguration, interrupting the 30-day mourning period put into effect by Joe Biden in memory of former President Jimmy Carter.
The Australian Open was on the TV in the home office overnight Wednesday into Thursday as I finished up my writing on UVA-SMU.
A Harrisonburg man was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $2,000 for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Full disclosure: I’ve known Ryan Odom since he was a ball boy at University Hall in the early 1980s, while his pop, Dave Odom, was Terry Holland’s top assistant.
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