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The City of Lexington has hired a new public works director. City manager Jim Halasz announced the hiring of Patrick Madigan – who will start work in September.
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In a new Commonwealth Poll conducted by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, only 49 percent of those polled reported approval how Gov. Glenn Youngkin is handling his job as governor.
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Virginia Athletics will have a full-time NIL general manager on Grounds to help student-athletes facilitate moneymaking deals.
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Former NBC29 State Capitol Bureau chief Tim Murtaugh played a key role in Thursday’s prime-time hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurgency led by former president Donald Trump.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently appointed three new members and reappointed one member to the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
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The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative is investing nearly $1 million in nine experimental learning projects covering election security, privacy protection, and digital forensics research areas.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service based in Richmond have created a new job to serve as the state’s primary point of contact for individuals or groups seeking information on programs, services or partnership opportunities.
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More than 80 Virginia teens representing schools and youth groups from across the Commonwealth arrived at James Madison University in Harrisonburg today for the 2022 Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety summer leadership retreat.
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Virginia Tech has become an affiliate member of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, an organization founded to foster collaboration for higher education across the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
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Is there a way forward for DEI and its anti-“Wokeness” critics to be able to peacefully co-exist at the University of Virginia? I’d like to think so, but, gotta say, it’s not going to be easy.
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