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The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority has chosen Vida Williams as its first chief digital and branding officer.

The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority has chosen Vida Williams as its first chief digital and branding officer.

Fourth District Republican congressional nominee Leon Benjamin won’t get his debates with Democratic incumbent Donald McEachin until he acknowledges that McEachin and Joe Biden won in 2020.
The Commonwealth of Virginia graduated its 136th generation of Virginia State troopers on Friday, Aug. 12.

The Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond, a leading partner and advocate for philanthropy and service, and the Virginia Museum of History & Culture have revealed a five-year strategic partnership focused on new and expanded community programming.
An off-duty police officer from Virginia was sentenced this week to 87 months in prison for his actions during and after the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Albemarle County Police and Albemarle County Fire and Rescue responded to a call for a suspected body in the Rivanna River between Riverbend Drive and Free Bridge Saturday morning.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin claimed in a tweet on Tuesday that the Department of Justice had “labeled parents in Loudoun County as terrorists.” Which isn’t true: what Youngkin was referring to was a letter from the National School Boards Association.
Country artist Clay Walker fresh off the production of his latest album, “Texas to Tennessee,” will be performing at Dominion Energy Center’s Carpenter Theatre in Richmond on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, has awarded $1,768,500 in American Rescue Plan funding to 27 community health centers in Virginia to advance health equity through better data collection and reporting.
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