
Fire safety officials stress safety over July 4 holiday weekend
The Virginia Department of Fire Programs State Fire Marshal’s Office reminds Virginians that this year’s Fourth of July Holiday will be celebrated with increased pre-pandemic behavior.

The Virginia Department of Fire Programs State Fire Marshal’s Office reminds Virginians that this year’s Fourth of July Holiday will be celebrated with increased pre-pandemic behavior.

Two important laws that apply to cyclists and drivers that will change in the state of Virginia on Thursday.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

The Governor’s Executive Leadership Team on Highway Safety is announcing Virginia crash statistics for 2020. The final numbers are now available for analysis in the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles’ state-of-the-art automated Traffic Records Electronic Data System, the Commonwealth’s central repository for crash data and related information. In 2020, there was a significant decline in traffic…

Three people were shot to death in Herndon last week — a mother and her two children, in an incident the police termed “horrific.”

Caroline Bruton and Kayla Shaller, eighth-graders from William Monroe Middle School in Greene County, placed first in the Junior Group Documentary category of the National History Day contest with their film, “Communicating Through Cell Walls: The Secret Correspondence of American POWs in Vietnam.”

Rich red velvet cake, luscious strawberry pie, and sweet red punch may be the delectable traditions of contemporary Juneteenth celebrations, but the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences has its own remembrance.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration this week.

#TeamAFP has made its endorsement in the 2021 Democratic primary, backing Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul for the lieutenant governor nomination.

The U.S. Senate voted 54-35 Friday in favor of creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, falling six votes short of blocking a threatened Republican filibuster.
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