National Fire Prevention Week: Make a home fire escape plan
As National Fire Prevention Week continues, the Virginia Department of Fire Programs urges Virginia residents to make an escape plan with two ways out of every room.
As National Fire Prevention Week continues, the Virginia Department of Fire Programs urges Virginia residents to make an escape plan with two ways out of every room.
The Creative Writing Program at the University of Virginia has two Rea visiting writers giving readings this fall.
Former Fifth District Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman is appearing in a TV ad for incumbent Seventh District Democrat Abigail Spanberger in which Riggleman endorses Spanberger for re-election.

Awaiting discharge from a hospital in Cairo, Adel Al Manthari, a Yemeni civilian, faces months of physical therapy and mounting medical bills following three surgeries since 2018, when a U.S. weaponized drone killed four of his cousins and left him mangled, burnt and barely alive, bedridden to this day.
The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.

Last Friday, U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia voted in support of several pieces of legislation to improve quality of life for United States military families and veterans.
A new analysis by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) reveals that states with the most restrictive abortion laws have the worst economies for families.

Last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs voted unanimously to pass the Computers for Veterans and Students Act.

The Buy Low and Sell High Act would create an Economic Petroleum Reserve (EPR) to lower gas prices.
The Shenandoah Valley was one of three regions in the state recognized for helping Virginia recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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