
Early warning system test for Surry Power Station set for June 9
State officials will conduct a test of the Emergency Alert System and the early warning siren system on Wednesday, June 9 at 11:10 a.m. for the Surry Power Station.

State officials will conduct a test of the Emergency Alert System and the early warning siren system on Wednesday, June 9 at 11:10 a.m. for the Surry Power Station.

Lauren Rhodes of Augusta County, a senior at Fort Defiance High School, earned first place in the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Youth Discussion Meet, held virtually May 20.

The Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Union has announced its endorsement of Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s re-election campaign.

An enhanced learning environment during the first five years of life shapes the brain in ways that are apparent four decades later, according to Virginia Tech and Penn scientists writing in the June edition of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Five new members will be inducted into the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame in the Class of 2021, with representatives from football, men’s golf, track & field, volleyball, women’s basketball and wrestling.

Thirteen leaders, 23 lead changes, a dominant performance by Kyle Larson from start to finish and a monumental accomplishment by Hendrick Motorsports in reaching the all time total wins in NASCAR. Yes, this Coca-Cola 600 was one to remember.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced this week the 2021 Governor’s Fellows Program participants.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels swept a pair of games against the Reading Fightin Phils on Saturday night at FirstEnergy Stadium.

A Crozet man died at the scene of a two-vehicle head-on collision on Browns Gap Turnpike north of Blufton Road on Saturday.

Defending national champ Virginia held off a late charge from top-seeded North Carolina to advance to the 2021 national title game with a 12-11 win on Saturday at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.
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