
Harrisonburg names Matthew Tobia new fire chief
Harrisonburg has named Deputy Chief Matthew Tobia has been selected as the city’s new fire chief, effective June 28.

Harrisonburg has named Deputy Chief Matthew Tobia has been selected as the city’s new fire chief, effective June 28.

The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care have awarded the 2020 Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Dr. Rebecca Dillingham and Dr. Karen Ingersoll of the University of Virginia Ryan White Clinic.

Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va) and Peter King (R-N.Y) have led the introduction of bipartisan legislation to make sure the memory of those lost as result of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks will be honored for generations to come.

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU ranked among the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals in the 2020-21 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.

UVA found out recently that it had stepped in it with a new athletics logo design that inadvertently celebrated slavery. Had to be that somebody found something in a decades-old, dusty book on a bookshelf, right? Nah. Try 2018.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced two new affordable housing programs that will build upon efforts to provide safe and secure housing for all Virginians.

A total of $52,140 in funding for faculty-student summer research projects has been awarded to 12 Bridgewater College students who will conduct research under the mentorship of a faculty member throughout the summer.

The U.S. Senate voted 80-17 Monday to take up the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill championed by Sen. Mark Warner that would address the $12 billion maintenance backlog at National Park Sites across the country.

With more than 170 students enrolled and 28 lab sections scheduled over the course of two weeks in April, hands-on learning required a team effort.

Attorney General Mark Herring has filed suit to block new regulations from the Trump administration and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos that would undermine Title IX.
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