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On Thursday, July 9 at noon, Virginia Historical Society president emeritus Charles F. Bryan Jr. will deliver a Banner Lecture entitled “The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality” and will launch his new book,Imperfect Past: History in a New Light.
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Commissioner Wesley G. Marshall has been elected to a three-year term as Chairman of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWC), effective July 1.
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Jim Weaver, whose vision and leadership as the director of athletics catapulted Virginia Tech in the Big East Conference and later the Atlantic Coast Conference, passed away at his Blacksburg home Wednesday night at the age of 70.
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The University of Virginia won 67 percent of its intercollegiate athletic contests in 2014-15 to win the 37th annual Virginia Sports Information Director’s Association Division I All-Sport championship.
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One-third of deer ticks collected from sites in Giles and Pulaski counties carry the organism responsible for Lyme disease, a study at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech has found.
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A school-record three NCAA men’s championships and a top-10 ranking in men’s basketball led the University of Virginia to its first Capital One Cup all-sports competition championship for men’s sports during the 2014-15 season.
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As the June 30 deadline for negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program approaches, a new survey conducted in a red state (Oklahoma), a blue state (Maryland) and a swing state (Virginia) finds large bipartisan majorities in all three support making a deal with Iran rather than pursuing more sanctions.
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Virginia Democrats unveiled a new modern logo on Monday, just in time for the party’s biggest annual fundraiser this Friday. Democrats from across the Commonwealth will be traveling to George Mason University’s Patriot Center for the Jefferson-Jackson event with special guest Hillary Clinton.
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels, Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, announced today that the “Voice of the Squirrels” Jon Laaser has been named the new lead broadcaster for Virginia Tech football and men’s basketball.
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Richard P. Bell, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Staunton, this morning addressed select high school students attending the 73rd session of American Legion Boys State of Virginia being held this week at Radford University.
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