
McAuliffe awards $6 million in new School Security Equipment Grants
Governor Terry McAuliffe awarded $6 million in School Security Equipment Grants to protect students and education professionals.

Governor Terry McAuliffe awarded $6 million in School Security Equipment Grants to protect students and education professionals.

The State Fair of Virginia will hold its weigh-in for giant pumpkins and giant watermelons at noon on Sept. 24.

Corn, cotton, grain sorghum, peanuts, soybeans and tobacco will all be growing at the State Fair of Virginia Sept. 23-Oct. 2.

Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent, announced Friday the retirement of current Deputy Superintendent, Lt. Colonel Robert B. Northern.

Governor McAuliffe announced the inaugural members of the School Readiness Committee and the Standards of Learning (SOL) Innovation Committee.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the winners of the 2016 Governor’s Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance.

More teen drivers in Virginia will be involved in traffic crashes between the months of May and August than any other time of the year, statistics show.

More than $812,000 in matching grant funds will be awarded to 39 local tourism initiatives as part of Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Program.

Virginia has been awarded nearly $2.7 million in federal Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants to help protect and preserve Civil War battlefields.

Col. Steven Flaherty announces the promotion of Virginia State Police personnel to executive positions in the Bureau of Administrative and Support Services.
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