
VDOT issues Notice to Proceed to Route 29 Solutions contractor
The Virginia Department of Transportation has given official Notice to Proceed to Lane-Corman Joint Venture to begin design and construction of three Route 29 Solutions projects.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has given official Notice to Proceed to Lane-Corman Joint Venture to begin design and construction of three Route 29 Solutions projects.

A new program at Virginia Commonwealth University will provide financial support to entrepreneurial students who have promising business ideas and the ambition to launch their own companies.

After losing multiple contests to winter weather early in the season, the James Madison baseball team has added a mid-week contest against UMBC, scheduled for Wednesday, March 4 at 4 p.m. at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Lucas Morel, the Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Politics at Washington and Lee University, will make remarks at the Lincoln Memorial as part of the sesquicentennial of President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Speech. The event takes place on Saturday, March 7 at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.

First National Corporation announced this week that First Bank has received regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the Bureau of Financial Institutions, a regulatory division of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, to acquire six branches in the Shenandoah Valley and central Virginia from Bank of America.

Governor Terry McAuliffe awarded the Virginia Wineries Association’s (VWA) 2015 Governor’s Cup to Muse Vineyards for their 2009 Clio, a Bordeaux-style blended red wine.

The creation of a megaregion extending from Richmond to the Hampton Roads oceanfront would be an economic boon that would attract federal funding for infrastructure, create jobs and enhance connectivity to world markets.

Adam Haseley (Fr., Windermere, Fla.) hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to bring home the deciding run as the UVA baseball team walked off with a 5-4 win over Cornell Sunday at The Ripken Experience’s Griffith Field in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline has increased for 31 consecutive days (through Friday) for a total of 34 cents per gallon, which is the longest streak of rising prices since last spring.

With 2.8 seconds remaining in overtime, senior attacker Stephanie Finley scored the game-winning goal to lift the 19th-ranked James Madison women’s lacrosse team to an 11-10 victory over No. 14 Loyolaon Saturday evening at the Ridley Athletic Complex.
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