
Letter: Reader backs John Avoli for 20th House District seat
John Avoli knows the needs of our area and he knows how to listen. He already knows the Richmond government scene.

John Avoli knows the needs of our area and he knows how to listen. He already knows the Richmond government scene.

As a member of the Virginia Governmental Employees’ Association we just celebrated our 60th year of working to establish effective communication between the General Assembly and the Commonwealth’s workforce.

A walk-off single by Ernie Clement in the bottom of the 13th inning handed the Richmond Flying Squirrels a 2-1 loss to open the road series against the Akron RubberDucks on Friday night at Canal Park.

Ronald B. Gartenhaus, M.D., an expert in molecular and structural biology and an accomplished cancer researcher, has been named the inaugural director of a new cancer center at McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released the following statement on the Committee’s Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

The Virginia Museum of Natural History Board of Trustees has elected Dr. Thomas R. Benzing, of Waynesboro, as board chair, and Dr. Arthur V. Evans, of Richmond, as vice-chair.

So, we still don’t know if that was Ralph Northam in that awful blackface photo. This we learn from the final report on the photo controversy released today, which, shrug.

NASCAR and Rev Racing have invited 12 collegiate athletes to compete for roles as tire changers, carriers and jackmen at the fourth annual NASCAR Drive for Diversity National Pit Crew Combine in Concord, N.C., on Friday, May 24.

Virginia Tech has its largest cohort of Fulbright U.S. Student grant recipients in university history, with five students and two alumnae participating in projects during the 2019-20 academic year.

For the past 23 years, the Harrisonburg and Rockingham community is fortunate to be represented in the Virginia Senate by a man of conscience and integrity—Emmett Hanger.
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