
Ken Plum: Changing images of Virginia
On the east side of Capitol Square near the Executive Mansion in Richmond is the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial featuring 16-year-old Barbara Johns.

On the east side of Capitol Square near the Executive Mansion in Richmond is the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial featuring 16-year-old Barbara Johns.

The Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center has received a $750,000 subset of a $10 million USDA grant as part of a multi-institutional effort to accelerate sustainable farming techniques.

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative has tapped top cybersecurity leaders to provide strategic guidance as part of its inaugural Technical Advisory Board.

In the four-week period ending Dec. 20, more than half of nursing homes in Virginia reported residents with cases of COVID-19, 87 percent had at least one staff member diagnosed, and 49 percent of all virus deaths in the state were nursing home residents.

Brown Virginia has released the final schedule and speakers for the fifth annual Brown Virginia Dr. King Day of Action taking place on Monday, Jan. 18.

Sunrise Virginia has announced its endorsement of Jennifer Carroll Foy for the Democratic Party nomination to run for governor.

The interstate highway system launched in the 1950s as the most ambitious public works project in the world. Spanning 48,000 miles, the system aimed to connect cities and towns throughout the nation.

Elizabeth McClanahan, a former justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia who now serves as president and dean of the Appalachian School of Law, has been named CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation.

University of Virginia leaders have outlined plans for the spring semester, including requirements for students to return to Grounds and plans to test students on a weekly basis.

The Virginia State Police has been awarded national accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA®).
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