
Ken Plum: We the people
We the people can have a better government when we know our history. We can have a better community when we contribute to the advancement of others.

We the people can have a better government when we know our history. We can have a better community when we contribute to the advancement of others.

The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors this week approved a budget for 2015-2016 that includes an increase in tuition and mandatory fees of about 3 percent.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper VDOT District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

Potomac (11-17-Overall, 5-9-Home) had the tying run on second base and the winning run on first in the bottom of the ninth but failed to score, falling 8-7 in Game One of the four game series to the Frederick Keys (16-13-Overall, 5-10-Road) on Friday night at Pfitzner Stadium.

The UVA women’s lacrosse team (12-6, 4-3 ACC), the No. 7 seed in the 2015 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship, earned an 18-6 victory over Winthrop (17-4, 6-1 Big South) on Friday (May 8) in the tournament’s first-round at Klöckner Stadium.

Here’s a question for you to consider: Do you know what your taxpayer dollars are funding at the United Nations (UN)? You probably don’t – and you would probably have difficulty finding out.

The No. 3 UVA men’s tennis team opened the 2015 NCAA Tournament with a 4-0 victory over St. John’s Friday at Snyder Tennis Center.

UVA soccer rising sophomore goalkeeper Jeff Caldwell (Todd, N.C.) and former UVa standout Jordan Allen have been named to the United States roster for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is slated for May 30-June 20 in New Zealand.

Jeff Jarrett is trying to prove a point. The rest of the world is still trying to figure out that point.

In the heart of what corporate wine industry lobbyists have re-branded “Wine Country,” activists from four North Coast California counties gathered in early May for their third monthly meeting. They created a regional network of groups from Sonoma, Napa, Lake, and Mendocino counties.