
Farm-to-School Week begins Monday, Oct. 5
The week of Oct. 5-9, Virginia will celebrate Farm-to-School Week, an annual program coordinated by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) and the VDOE.

The week of Oct. 5-9, Virginia will celebrate Farm-to-School Week, an annual program coordinated by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) and the VDOE.

The Augusta County Library will host the Virginia Women in History exhibit through Oct. 23. The exhibit was developed by the Library of Virginia as part of its annual celebration of the accomplishments of the state’s women, both past and present.

Single-game tickets and Sunday Family Packages for Virginia women’s basketball home games are now on sale through VirginiaSports.com.

The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team (8-2, 2-2 ACC) fell 8-3 to No. 3 North Carolina (10-1, 3-1 ACC) on Friday (Oct. 2) at Turf Field in Charlottesville, N.C.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) praised today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Education that Virginia will receive $17.5 million in funds under the Preschool Development Grants program to expand access to early childhood education.

In a recent issue of the journal Nature, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine associate professor Jasmohan S. Bajaj, M.D., provides new data to reinterpret conclusions from a July 2014 Nature journal study that had reported on a novel way to diagnose cirrhosis using complex microbiota analysis.

Laurie Baefsky, a national leader in promoting interdisciplinary research and scholarship, will be a keynote speaker Thursday at James Madison University’s Grand Celebration of Innovation, Art and Scholarship.

As Virginia prepares for a potential hurricane event, Governor McAuliffe’s declaration of a state of emergency has triggered Virginia’s anti-price gouging statutes designed to protect consumers from paying exorbitant prices for necessities during an emergency.

Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced the members of the Governor’s Council on Youth Entrepreneurship, which was established last month through Executive Order 47.

Heifetz on Tour, the touring and outreach arm of the Heifetz International Music Institute, hits the road this fall for a three-city concert series with a special appearance in Staunton on Thursday, October 8 at Francis Auditorium on the campus of Mary Baldwin College.
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