
Northam announces 2018–2019 Governor’s High School Voter Registration Challenge
Governor Northam has announced the 2018–2019 Governor’s High School Voter Registration Challenge.

Governor Northam has announced the 2018–2019 Governor’s High School Voter Registration Challenge.

The Buckingham Branch Railroad is promoting the second national Rail Safety Week, which runs Sept. 23-29, with a Locomotive Banner Campaign across the commonwealth.

Erika Collazo-Vargas, a member of James Madison University’s Department of Health Sciences, will speak on “Is This Us? How to Recognize the Signs of Unhealthy Relationships and What to Do About Them” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in the Boitnott Room at Bridgewater College.

The Plastic Free Forum set for Saturday at the Great Falls Library will give NOVA residents the chance to learn about reducing plastic use and plastic pollution, as well as hearing from experts on the science and lifecycle of plastics and recycling.

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are celebrating Senate passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018, a comprehensive substance abuse treatment bill to address the national addiction crisis.

Virginia Tech history students recently got published with a little help from their friends at VT Publishing.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH) are urging the Trump administration to consider expanding the dual enrollment Pell experiment to meet the goal of 10,000 participating low-income high school students.

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) is urging the Trump administration to call on the Chinese government to cease its repressive policies and human rights violations of Uyghurs.

Governor Ralph Northam recognized Virginia government entities that have improved the delivery and efficiency of government service.

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Executive Committee held its first meeting last week – an important step in a collaborative effort to create and submit a blueprint for the project to the Virginia Research Investment Committee by Dec. 1.
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