
Ken Plum: Getting down to work
The Constitution of Virginia puts responsibility for the public school system under the State Board of Education and local school boards.

The Constitution of Virginia puts responsibility for the public school system under the State Board of Education and local school boards.

A North Carolina man was arrested last week on criminal charges related to his alleged solicitation of teenage boys in Southwest Virginia using Snapchat and Grindr.

A Senate committee voted 12-3 Monday to kill a bill that would have repealed a law empowering localities to give employees the freedom to collectively bargain for a contract.

Virginia has a nice, workable 2022 football schedule, with its three toughest games at home, the first not until Oct. 29, and did I mention, they’re all in back-to-back-to-back weeks?

Gas prices in Virginia have risen 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.20/gallon today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.

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

House Bill 392, introduced by McLean Democrat Kathleen Murphy, would require medical examiners to participate in training that provides guidelines for the proper identification of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

Winter weather can wreak havoc with your home, business, vehicles and other property, causing billions of dollars in insured and uninsured losses nationwide each year.

Farmers from across the state traveled to downtown Richmond Jan. 23 ahead of Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Legislative Day, in preparation for in-person meetings with legislators.

Snow is forecast for the Shenandoah Valley on Friday, ending in the early morning hours of Saturday. Amounts of three inches or less are expected in the Shenandoah Valley.
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