
Banking on Diversity: Minority business fund launched by banks in Virginia, West Virginia
First Bank announced today the launch of the Banking on Diversity initiative, a minority business funding program to improve and develop local communities.

First Bank announced today the launch of the Banking on Diversity initiative, a minority business funding program to improve and develop local communities.

As with many other events, the coronavirus pandemic changed how the National Prayer Breakfast this year took place.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News. Excerpts from a recent Roundup follow; full Roundup is here.

Washington and Lee University will host poet and artist Heid Erdrich as the university’s 2021 Glasgow distinguished writer-in-residence for a public reading on Monday at 6 p.m.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.

Leading public health experts are calling for what they describe as an “essential” tool for reducing infections while the vaccine gains wide distribution: better masks.

The Security Clearance Review Act would empower the director of the FBI to issue a written recommendation to the president that an individual flagged by the White House security office be denied final approval to receive a security clearance.

Fifth-ranked Virginia will open its 50-game spring 2021 schedule with a three-game series against UConn beginning Friday, Feb. 19 at Disharoon Park.

In 1978, legendary former San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk was one of the several “friends and colleagues” of the artist and activist Gilbert Baker.

AAA announced its opposition to bills in the Virginia General Assembly that would legalize recreational marijuana, saying the bills, HB 2312 and SB 1406, would put lives at risk on Virginia roads.
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