
Operation Dry Water reports safe July 4 holiday weekend
Conservation police officers with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources were very busy over the Independence Day holiday weekend.

Conservation police officers with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources were very busy over the Independence Day holiday weekend.

The July 4th holiday means time on the water for boaters across the United States. With the increase in boater activity on the water, there is also an increase in the number of boating incidents and fatalities that take place during this time.

The indelible photo of a policeman choking the life out of a black man without provocation or cause made it clear that there are injustices in our society that cannot wait to be addressed.

A Marion man, James Brown, was arrested last week on a charge that he lied to federal agents about his involvement in the burning of a cross on the front lawn of an African-American woman’s home.

Attorney General Mark Herring has joined a group of 18 attorneys general in filing a motion seeking to block a new rule that would undermine Title IX.

Traffic crashes were down 45 percent during the heart of the COVID-19 shutdown. But the number of traffic-related deaths due to speed and not wearing seat belts went up 78 percent during that stretch.

Black lives matter. Period. No further explanation or expansion of the phrase is needed. Do not try to switch the subject by wanting to suggest that all lives matter. For more than four centuries the lives of black people have been degraded. There have been numerous instances during that time when events would have suggested…

Virginia Rep. Don Beyer today led a delegation of House Democrats introducing the Law Enforcement Identification Act.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine announced a package of bills he’s supporting in Congress to address racial inequality and injustice.

The removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from Monument Drive is a nice first step, but that’s all it is – a first step.
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