
Northam announces administration appointments
Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.

According to recent data from USDA, nearly 40 million Americans live in food deserts, areas defined to be without grocery stores within one or more miles in urban regions, and ten or more miles in rural regions.

AFP editors Chris Graham and Crystal Abbe Graham spoke via Zoom last week with Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy.

The campaign of former governor Terry McAuliffe released a new video, “Yasmine,” on Monday, spotlighting the story of Yasmine Charles, a Navy veteran in Hampton Roads, and her experience with homelessness.

Andria McClellan received the endorsement of 11 Hampton Roads leaders to serve as Virginia’s next lieutenant governor on Wednesday.

Longwood women’s basketball stars Kyla McMakin and Tra’Dayja Smith do a lot together. Sunday night after taking down Big South preseason favorite Campbell, they did something together they’ve never done before: appear on ESPN SportsCenter in less than a week.

The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams will compete in seven meets throughout the 2021 regular season, including four competitions in Blacksburg.

Liberty football coach Hugh Freeze announced the addition of 18 players to his 2021 roster as part of the December National Signing Day on Wednesday.

ODU football coach Ricky Rahne added 18 student-athletes to the Monarch Football program on National Signing Day.

Virginia Tech football coach Justin Fuente, who we learned Tuesday would return for a sixth season, on Wednesday welcomed a 2021 recruiting class that isn’t getting a whole lot of love from the recruiting services.
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