
Spanberger announces funding for Orange County Public Schools Head Start program
Rep. Abigail Spanberger today announced one federal grant of $1,435,072 to Orange County Public Schools to fund their Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger today announced one federal grant of $1,435,072 to Orange County Public Schools to fund their Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced that 87 grants totaling more than $3.47 million have been awarded to 53 localities throughout Virginia.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring filed suit to block the proposed merger of telecom giants T-Mobile and Sprint.

“One of the things we like to say about the Rappahannock is that it’s really a couple of rivers in one,” said Lawton Clites, a Fredericksburg kayaker who first paddled the river 17 years ago.

The University of Virginia Curry School of Education and Human Development is hosting the International Symposium on Adapted Physical Activity June 14-18 in Newcomb Hall on the grounds of UVA in Charlottesville.

David Schmale, a professor in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to New Zealand, where he will work to improve the security of water systems.

The Carver Center in Culpeper County is the site for the VSU/USDA Agriculture Field Day to be held this year on Wednesday, June 12.

The fourth annual Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week will take place June 1-9.

First responders will soon get the chance to learn about handling livestock during natural or man-made disasters.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring joined a coalition of 52 attorneys general in urging the Department of Education to automatically forgive the student loans of veterans who became totally and permanently disabled in connection with their military service.
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