
Update on Ben Cline transition to Congress
Sixth District Congressman-elect Ben Cline has hit the ground running following orientation last month for new Members of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Sixth District Congressman-elect Ben Cline has hit the ground running following orientation last month for new Members of Congress in Washington, D.C.

There is much to be proud of in our community located in the Shenandoah Valley of Western Virginia, but most of all we pride ourselves on having some of the nation’s finest institutes of higher education.

Virginia Tech can add another feather to its cap: It will once again be home to the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate “wingman.”

Amazon, Inc. will invest approximately $2.5 billion to establish a major new headquarters in Virginia that will create more than 25,000 high-paying jobs over 12 years.

In honor of Veterans Day, Virginia Tech and the National Archives will host a transcribe-a-thon to make accessible an unusual collection of wartime documents.

Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier will welcome Petersburg National Battlefield Park Ranger, Emmanuel Dabney, to speak at the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable.

Attorney General Mark Herring today called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to continue protecting military servicemembers against predatory lenders under the Military Lending Act.
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The Northam administration has announced the addition of 13 new members to Virginia’s School Readiness Committee.

The University of Virginia announced Friday game times and television designations for eight UVA men’s basketball nonconference games for the 2018-19 season as provided by the Atlantic Coast Conference and its broadcast partners.
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