
Flying Squirrels Charities donating $40K to local COVID-19 relief
Last week’s “500 Bases of Love” and “Bring it Home” fundraisers by the Richmond Flying Squirrels and Sports Radio 910 The Fan raised more than $30,000 for COVID-19 relief.

Last week’s “500 Bases of Love” and “Bring it Home” fundraisers by the Richmond Flying Squirrels and Sports Radio 910 The Fan raised more than $30,000 for COVID-19 relief.

Virginia Congressman Donald McEachin is urging HHS to address racial health disparities in COVID-19 outcomes, and to collect comprehensive demographic data on the race and ethnicity of individuals tested and treated for the coronavirus.

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center has been approved under Mayo Clinic’s Expanded Access Program to administer antibody-rich convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19.

Gov. Ralph Northam, speaking in his Monday 2 p.m. presser, not wearing a facemask, indicated that he had a problem with people protesting his stay-at-home order in Richmond last week because they weren’t wearing facemasks.

It’s two weeks until the May elections in several localities across the Commonwealth, and a day until we hear from the General Assembly on legislators’ thoughts on whether they should be moved.

Read to Them announced the launch of a new nationwide reading initiative intended to help build a sense of community by creating conversation and engagement around a single children’s book each month through August.

AFP editors Chris Graham and Crystal Abbe Graham report on the latest news on COVID-19 in Virginia.

Virginia gas prices have fallen 2.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.74/g today, marking the eighth straight week of decline, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations.

The outlook for Virginia’s strawberry season is strong, though farmers are contending with two formidable threats––spring frost and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

I’ve been unknowingly doing a lockdown-style workout – at home, with only a limited availability of equipment – for the past three years.
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