
Nationals win with walk-off in extra, 5-4
A Jose Lobaton sacrifice fly scored Jayson Werth from third with the winning run in the 10th as the Washington Nationals defeated Miami, 5-4, in 10 innings Friday night in Nationals Park.

A Jose Lobaton sacrifice fly scored Jayson Werth from third with the winning run in the 10th as the Washington Nationals defeated Miami, 5-4, in 10 innings Friday night in Nationals Park.

The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation announces that the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Southeast Corridor from Richmond to Raleigh has been signed by the Federal Railroad Administration, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and DRPT.

The University of Virginia announced game times and television designations for eight UVA men’s basketball games for the 2015-16 season as provided by the Atlantic Coast Conference and its broadcast partners.

The Washington Nationals needed a big start out of Tanner Roark. They didn’t get it. Roark gave up six runs on eight hits in five innings, and despite a stellar effort from the B bullpen and a late rally by the offense, the Nats fell to the Miami Marlins, 6-4, Thursday night at Nationals Park.

Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after a Financial Services Committee hearing entitled, “The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Free?” – the third in a three-part series examining the effects of the Dodd-Frank Act five years after its enactment:

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Wednesday that the Commonwealth has awarded $6 million in School Security Equipment Grants to help ensure the safety of Virginia’s schools.

Jayson Werth had another multi-homer night, powering the Washington Nationals past Philadelphia, 12-2, on Wednesday night, completing a three-game weekday series sweep.

Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, along with U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott, Randy Forbes, Rob Wittman, Gerry Connolly, Robert Hurt, Dave Brat, and Don Beyer released the following statement on the release of a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that makes clear Fort Pickett, Virginia is the best location for a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC).

Today U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) urged President Obama to protect Virginia and Maryland’s seafood industry by strengthening efforts to prevent seafood fraud.

Virginia Tech’s Marc Edwards — a nationally renowned expert on municipal water quality — is traveling to Flint, Michigan, as part of a National Science Foundation-funded $50,000 one-year study into a “perfect storm” of water distribution system corrosion problems.
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