
Wildlife Center of Virginia announces spring 2018 open house schedule
The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, has scheduled four open-house dates for spring 2018.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, has scheduled four open-house dates for spring 2018.

The Virginia Festival of the Book announces that Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, will give a keynote lecture as part of the 2018 Festival in March.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced that Virginia localities and organizations in Alexandria, Danville, Chesapeake and Harrisonburg will receive $2,301,433 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Del. R. Steven Landes, R-Weyers Cave, Chairman of the House Education Committee, today presented House Joint Resolution 188, commending the 2018 Virginia Teacher of the Year, Michelle Cottrell-Williams.

The Virginia Department of Aviation is transferring more than $60,000 to the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center to support aviation education in Virginia.

Groups seeking to improve the competitiveness of specialty crops in Virginia are eligible to submit proposals for grants up to $60,000 per project.

New analysis shows that opioid prescribing volumes in Virginia declined considerably during a two-year period spanning 2015-2016. This is an encouraging development at a time when law enforcement officials, elected leaders and many other stakeholders are working to combat the opioid crisis.

Health care providers, clinicians, and other members of the Virginia health care community are in Richmond this week for a two-day event focused on patient safety and quality improvement.

Under the leadership of Commissioner Richard Holcomb, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has positioned itself as a “one-stop shop” for government services in the Commonwealth.

Feb. 1 marks the start of American Heart Month and the beginning of a four-month celebration commemorating the first human-to-human heart transplant in Virginia.
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