
Gas prices spike in wake of Colonial Pipeline shutdown
Virginia gas prices have risen 16.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.95/gallon today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.

Virginia gas prices have risen 16.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.95/gallon today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.

As a high number of younger people in Virginia remain unvaccinated from COVID-19, VCU Health is initiating a new public health campaign to increase confidence in and adoption of the vaccine.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Madison woman with nearly a dozen counts of fraud related to a scheme in which she took money from victims while purporting to have terminal cancer, vast wealth, and connections to celebrities.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $1,037,043 in federal funding through the Corporation for National and Community Service to support seven AmeriCorps VISTA projects across Virginia.

A two-run eighth inning proved to be the difference maker as the Richmond Flying Squirrels fell, 2-1, to the Harrisburg Senators Sunday afternoon at FNB Field.

The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants announced its officers and board of directors for the 2021–2022 fiscal year.

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

John Marshall Higgins, the former superintendent of the Rockbridge County Regional Jail, was sentenced this week to 51 months in federal prison.

A Forest man who owned and operated Lighthouse Properties of Virginia Inc. pleaded guilty this week in connection with an embezzlement scheme in excess of $550,000.

Matt Frisbee, Joey Marciano, Matt Seelinger and Patrick Ruotolo combined to throw the first nine-inning no-hitter in team history as the Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the Harrisburg Senators, 2-0, at FNB Field on Thursday.
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