
Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival moving to Richmond in 2016
Big changes are afoot for the 2016 Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival, which will move to Richmond for its 2016 event, after a 15-year run in Waynesboro.

Big changes are afoot for the 2016 Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival, which will move to Richmond for its 2016 event, after a 15-year run in Waynesboro.

GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc. (GRASP), a non-profit, education organization, headquartered in Glen Allen, recently awarded 124 Last Dollar scholarships totaling $125,000 to Virginia high school students graduating in 2015.

Joe Sever homered for the second-straight night in the third inning, but the Hillcats did not register a hit for the rest of the evening, as Myrtle Beach scored seven unanswered runs to claim the series finale, 7-1, at TicketReturn.com Field Sunday night.

Clint Frazier doubled down the left-field line to open the ninth inning, and Bradley Zimmer followed with a triple into the right-field corner to plate the only run in a 1-0 Hillcats victory Friday night at TicketReturn.com Field. Michael Peoples, Justin Brantley, Casey Weathers, and Ben Heller combined for a two-hitter.

Democratic Party of Virginia Chairwoman Susan Swecker today announced the addition of two new staffers to the DPVA team.

Governor Terry McAuliffe this week announced his appointments to the Boards of Visitors at Virginia’s colleges and universities, the State Council for Higher Education for Virginia and the State Board for Community Colleges.

The first place Myrtle Beach Pelicans (30-16-Overall, 19-6-Road), plated five runs in the seventh inning on seven walks and strolled to an 11-1 victory over the Potomac Nationals (21-28-Overall, 12-13-Home) in the series opener on Saturday night at Pfitzner Stadium.

Governor Terry McAuliffe and the state Board of Education announced last week that 252 schools and four school divisions earned 2015 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement.

The Virginia Trucking Association presented its 2015 Safety Awards on May 14 during its Annual VTA Safety Management Conference, held at the Crowne Plaza Marina in Hampton. The safety awards are generously sponsored by Nansemond Insurance Agency of Suffolk.

With the start of the 2015 Click It or Ticket (CIOT) spring mobilization campaign, the Virginia State Police is taking this opportunity to remind motorists of the need to always buckle up when driving and/or riding in a vehicle.
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