
National partnership working to combat farmer stress
A national poll conducted in April found that 48 percent of rural adults are experiencing more mental health challenges than a year ago.

A national poll conducted in April found that 48 percent of rural adults are experiencing more mental health challenges than a year ago.

The Senate passed two bipartisan, bicameral spending bills Thursday to fund federal government operations through 2020. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk for signature.

Monumental Justice will rally at the State Capitol on Jan. 8 to push for legislation to give cities and counties local control over the fate of Confederate statues.

Virginia voters support nonpartisan redistricting, according to a new survey by Christopher Newport University’s Wason Center for Public Policy.

Breathing noisily, a 14-year-old dog stood in the corner of an examination room at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

The Fralin Museum of Art and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection are partnering to present The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles.

St. Anne’s-Belfield Upper School students will host the annual Greenway Symposium, this year with the theme “Conflict Resolution in a Changing World,” on Sunday, Dec. 15.

Donny Necessary, Jr. has been named as the new VDOT Bristol District administrator.

The first esports championship for the Virginia High School League is being held Saturday, Jan. 18, at Shenandoah University.

Five years ago, the federal government mandated all health care providers to adopt electronic medical record systems.
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