
VPAS offers nutrition, cool care help for local seniors
VPAS is collaborating with other organizations this summer to increase access to nutrition and heat relief for low-income adults in the Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro region.

VPAS is collaborating with other organizations this summer to increase access to nutrition and heat relief for low-income adults in the Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro region.

If researchers knew what kept farmers from adopting natural methods to grow healthier plants and vanquish pests, curbing hunger worldwide might be more feasible. That assumption underpins a new joint research project at Virginia Tech.

Legislation has been introduced to reauthorize the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the grant-making arm of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) reintroduced the National Security Diversity and Workforce Inclusion Act, legislation that would promote diversity in federal national security offices.

Virginia Tech has its largest cohort of Fulbright U.S. Student grant recipients in university history, with five students and two alumnae participating in projects during the 2019-20 academic year.

The Senate has unanimously passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) to provide tax relief to the children of military members killed in service to their country.

The House Appropriations Committee has released details of funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers including $5 million for large-scale oyster restoration and rehabilitation efforts.

Those coming of age today will face some of the greatest obstacles ever encountered by young people.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin led a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urging them to reject the nomination of Howard Nielson to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah.

Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are concerned about a Trump administration proposal that would end congressional oversight into federal workforce policy and regulations.
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