
Team Racing Virginia adds motorsports athletes Grayson Cullather, Chase Butler
As Racing Virginia begins its second year, it continues its goal of promoting young Virginia athletes in motorsports by adding two new members to Team Racing Virginia.

As Racing Virginia begins its second year, it continues its goal of promoting young Virginia athletes in motorsports by adding two new members to Team Racing Virginia.

Governor Ralph Northam announced that 13 companies from across the Commonwealth have graduated from the Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) Program, touting impressive results as they successfully exported products and services overseas.

Amazon has selected Northern Virginia as a candidate for its second North American headquarters. Virginia submitted three comprehensive regional proposals for the $5 billion project for Greater Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Northern Virginia.

Ben Cline, Republican candidate for Virginia’s Sixth Congressional district, today announced that his campaign raised over $108,000 during the fourth quarter of 2017. Over 75% of individual donors live in the Sixth District. The campaign ended the fundraising period with over $78,000 cash on hand.

In the House, the Speaker of the House is the presiding officer who is elected by the members of the House. The political party with the most members has control of the House and elects the Speaker.

Virginia football took advantage of a favorable schedule to go bowling in 2017 for the first time in six years. An early look at the 2018 schedule suggests that a return trip to the football postseason is possible.

The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2018 football schedules for its member institutions today (Jan. 17). Virginia’s slate features 12 regular-season games, including seven home contests and two contests to be played on Fridays.

In partnership with Travel South USA, the U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of more than 100 churches, courthouses, schools, museums and other landmarks primarily in the Southern states where activists challenged segregation in the 1950s and 1960s to advance social justice.

On Saturday, January 6, Columbia Gas of Virginia set a new all-time high in winter natural gas demand, with customers using about 523,000 dekatherms (Dth) of natural gas during a 24-hour period.

Snow is forecast for much of Virginia tomorrow. On Monday, January 15, the Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District is pretreating interstate roads and some primary roads in the Shenandoah Valley in preparation for this winter weather event.
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