
Augusta County: Bond named Region V Superintendent of the Year
Eric W. Bond, superintendent of Augusta County Public Schools, has been named the Region V Superintendent of the Year.

Eric W. Bond, superintendent of Augusta County Public Schools, has been named the Region V Superintendent of the Year.

Virginia’s new head women’s basketball coach, Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, aka Coach Mox, comes to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia having posted a 74-15 record over three seasons at Missouri State.

Virginia voted in 2020 to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 38th state to do so, pushing the measure past the required three-fourths majority to make ERA the 28th Amendment.

Matthew Wells has been named the next director of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Albemarle County has named Candice Perkins, the current assistant director of planning & development for Frederick County, as the new county director of planning.

The Virginia General Assembly defeated bills to restrict the personal use of campaign funds, place limits on campaign contributions, improve disclosure from dark money groups, and ban contributions from public utilities.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin announced his introduction of the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act at an event at the University of Richmond this past weekend.

Lyme disease is carried by black-legged ticks and infects people when they are bitten and transmit the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin today signed bills addressing taxes, economic development, the Virginia Retirement System and higher education construction into law on Wednesday.

I literally wouldn’t be here typing right now if not for Anne Lewis, who might have been the only person other than me to believe that I was going to be able to do something with my life.
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