
More than $700,000 in state grants awarded for dam safety and flood protection
Virginia will award $726,000 in grants to support 57 dam safety and flood protection activities around the state.

Virginia will award $726,000 in grants to support 57 dam safety and flood protection activities around the state.

The proposed auxiliary lane would extend from the I-81 southbound on-ramp from I-64 westbound at exit 221 to the I-81 southbound off-ramp to Route 262 at exit 220 in Augusta County south of Staunton.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels swept a pair of games against the Reading Fightin Phils on Saturday night at FirstEnergy Stadium.

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 and follows an active 2020 hurricane season that serves as a reminder of the need to plan ahead for hurricanes.

Valley Academy English teacher Beth Teachey is Waynesboro’s Teacher of the Year for 2021.

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

The Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the Reading Fightin Phils, 4-3, on Thursday night in the first game of a doubleheader before falling in the second game, 6-4, at FirstEnergy Stadium.

The Human Rights Campaign PAC announced its endorsement of Virginia Speaker of House Eileen Filler-Corn and fourteen pro-equality Virginia legislators for the Nov. 2 general election.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is applying an innovative solution that will help reduce the amount of time that drivers sit in crash-related congestion in the Interstate 81 corridor.

Virginia gas prices have fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.95/gallon today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.
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