
VDOT working to open roads closed due to last week’s ice storms
Eleven roads remain closed in the VDOT Lynchburg District due to recent storms.

Eleven roads remain closed in the VDOT Lynchburg District due to recent storms.

The ice storm that swept through the Commonwealth on Saturday left widespread scattered debris, fallen trees and downed utility lines on numerous routes.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.

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.

The City of Charlottesville, in collaboration with Cultivate Charlottesville-Food Justice Network, has launched a 24/7 Food Security Text Line in English and Spanish to provide direct food resource information to residents of the city and surrounding counties.

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.

Virginia Tech football coach Justin Fuente, who we learned Tuesday would return for a sixth season, on Wednesday welcomed a 2021 recruiting class that isn’t getting a whole lot of love from the recruiting services.

During the winter months, people begin pulling their knits and coats from the closet in an effort to keep warm. Instead of continuing their summer habits of exercising and relaxing outside, many people begin hibernating.

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

The Virginia Community Rights Network has been launched to support local efforts to recognize and legally secure the Rights of Nature and Communities to a healthy environment through self-government at the city, county, and state level.
We don’t take press releases or official statements as the final word. Digging in to get the whole story takes time and resources.