
Augusta County among localities eligible for hemp crop insurance
Eighty-four Virginia localities, including Augusta County, are eligible to apply for two programs that protect hemp producers’ crops in the 2020 growing season.

Eighty-four Virginia localities, including Augusta County, are eligible to apply for two programs that protect hemp producers’ crops in the 2020 growing season.

A Friday ceremony dedicated the Interstate 81 bridge over Whitetop Road as the Trooper Lucas B. Dowell Bridge.

An Augusta County man is being held without bond following a search warrant at his residence.

Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson, co-executive directors of the Beloved Community Center in Greensboro, N.C., are coming to Charlottesville to share the story of their continued journey toward equity and justice.

Anord Mardix (USA), Inc., a leading global producer of power distribution and protection equipment, will invest $907,500 to establish its second manufacturing facility in Henrico County.

VDOT invites the public to attend one of three upcoming location and design public hearings about a design-build package which will deliver six projects in Albemarle County.

Facebook will invest $750 million to expand its data center in Henrico County. This investment is in addition to the $1 billion investment in Henrico County that Facebook announced last year.

Shortly before 11 a.m., Sunday (Aug. 12, 2018), the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police responded to a residence in the 1700 block of Avon Road. Upon arriving, Alexia S. Lockett, 29, of Afton, Va. was found deceased inside the residence.

A Waynesboro man is dead in an officer-involved shooting in Amherst County reported Sunday.

A Virginia Information Technologies Agency contract with Science Applications International Corporation will create approximately 40 information technology service desk jobs in Clintwood, Dickenson County, by this fall.
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