
Food banks to receive fresh sweet potatoes for the holidays
Many people choose to use foods from a can or box because of the convenience. That can change at the holidays, though, when many people like to cook from scratch.

Many people choose to use foods from a can or box because of the convenience. That can change at the holidays, though, when many people like to cook from scratch.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) will host a meeting with community leaders from Harrisonburg and Rockingham County on Saturday.

Virginia Tech is making a historic commitment to build a revolutionary 1 million-square-foot, technology-focused campus in Alexandria — a $1 billion project that is part of a comprehensive higher-education package that was cited as a key reason Amazon selected Virginia for a new headquarters site.

Congressman Don Beyer released the following statement today on the announcement that Amazon will move half of its HQ2 campus to Arlington County.

Amazon, Inc. will invest approximately $2.5 billion to establish a major new headquarters in Virginia that will create more than 25,000 high-paying jobs over 12 years.

It doesn’t mean much, we know, but, UVA (2-0) jumped a spot, from 5 to 4, in this week’s AP Top 25.

Steve Hankey has developed a unique way to track air pollution. However, the experiments of this assistant professor of urban affairs and planning at Virginia Tech do not take place in a lab.

Author Marijean Oldham will sign copies of her new book, 100 Things to Do in Charlottesville Before You Die, 2nd Edition, at Beer Run, 156 Carlton Rd Ste 203, Charlottesville.

New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host a book launch party celebrating the release of Adam Nemett’s debut novel, We Can Save Us All, on Thursday, Nov. 15.

Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have solved a 125-year-old mystery of the brain, and, in the process, uncovered a potential treatment for acquired epilepsy.