
Field hockey: No. 5 Virginia tops No. 7 Wake Forest, 2-1
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team (10-2, 3-2 ACC) earned a 2-1 victory over No. 7 Wake Forest (10-3, 3-1 ACC) on Friday (Oct. 9) in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team (10-2, 3-2 ACC) earned a 2-1 victory over No. 7 Wake Forest (10-3, 3-1 ACC) on Friday (Oct. 9) in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Jenny Roe, newly appointed to lead research at the University of Virginia’s Center for Design and Health, has spent her career examining how the places we live affect the lives we lead.

The Staunton Out of the Darkness Walk is on target to reach its $25,000 fundraising goal. With more than 36 hours to go, the walk website shows online donations just shy of the walk goal.

When 2013 University of Virginia alumna Camrynn “Cammie” Genda Fausey – the Ironman 2014 all-world champion for her age group – competes in the Ironman World Championships on Saturday, she will think about those swimming, cycling and running beside her who have lost limbs or battled chronic illnesses.

Long & Foster Real Estate, the largest family-owned residential real estate company in the United States, announced that Kathleen Kellett-Ward, a sales agent with the Staunton/Waynesboro office, has received the 2015 Valley Favorites award from the News Virginian.

Whether it’s sleeping under the stars, zip-lining through the trees, paddling across a pristine body of water, or having a naturalist show you a turtle or a snake, over 100,000 children a year in Northern Virginia are interacting with nature through the regional parks operated by NOVA Parks.

It is tempting to dismiss “design thinking” as a buzzword that is tossed around business media and corporate boardrooms with little effect. Talking to the faculty members who have brought the concept to the University of Virginia, however, one quickly realizes the potential behind the publicity.

As part of his continuing efforts to address a troubling rise in heroin and prescription drug overdose fatalities in the Commonwealth, Attorney General Mark Herring reported in on milestones in the first year of his Five Point Plan to Combat Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse.

Generational decisions work both ways: a poor decision can impact the trajectory of the nation just as much, if not more, than a positive decision.

Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Homebuyers Assistance Act.
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