
Richmond energy, environmental groups launch new solarize program
The Richmond Region Energy Alliance (RREA) announced the launch of their 2015 Solarize RVA program.

The Richmond Region Energy Alliance (RREA) announced the launch of their 2015 Solarize RVA program.

Students from Ohio, New York, Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts and Virginia will construct and test wind turbines at the 2015 Eastern Regional KidWind Challenge on Saturday, April, 25 at James Madison University.

Governor McAuliffe announced this week the creation of a special sub-panel of the Secure Commonwealth Panel that will focus on the use of emerging technologies by law enforcement agencies.

The overall economic impact of the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center is pegged at more than $616 million since the renovated hotel and new conference facility opened in 1995, according to a report by the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission.

Bridgewater College’s ongoing mission to achieve environmental sustainability has earned it a place in the 2015 Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges.

The James Madison University Department of Athletics celebrated its athletics achievements for the 2014-15 year and named its top athletics award winners on Monday night at the seventh annual JMU Athletics Recognition Banquet at the Festival Conference Center Ballroom.

Cancer is a leading cause of death in Virginia and researchers at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service project that the rate of growth in new cancer cases will far outpace the growth of the population in the next 25 years, due to the overall aging of the population.

In a few days, electric vehicle motorists will have a place to charge their vehicles in historic downtown Staunton.

Updates on Waynesboro Generals alumni currently playing college baseball.

Brad Soderberg has been named assistant coach at Virginia, head coach Tony Bennett announced on Friday (April 17). Soderberg replaces Ritchie McKay, who returned to Liberty University as head coach after serving on Bennett’s staff for six seasons.