
AARP to ask Virginia General Assembly for caregiver tax credit
AARP volunteers head to the Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday to ask lawmakers for legislation to provide a tax credit for family caregivers and to help workers save for retirement.

AARP volunteers head to the Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday to ask lawmakers for legislation to provide a tax credit for family caregivers and to help workers save for retirement.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation biennial State of the Bay report score decreased one point this year to 33, equivalent to a D+. The drop was largely due to increased pollution and poor water clarity caused by record regional rainfall.

Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist.” Building on that sentiment, the Virginia Lottery launched its second annual Thank a Teacher Art Contest.

With Good Reason, a radio show and podcast produced by Virginia Humanities, releases “Whistles in the Mist.”

George Welsh passed away on Wednesday at the age of 85. The legendary former UVA coach retired in 2000 as the ACC’s winningest coach, taking a program that had posted two winning seasons in the previous three decades to a bowl game in his third year on the job, and leading the ‘Hoos to a three-week run as the #1 team in the land in 1990.

Virginia State Police Trooper T.R. Yowell is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Orange County. The crash occurred Jan. 2 at 3:35 p.m. on Route 522, less than a mile north of Lahore Road.

An early 8-0 run gave the EMU men a lead they would never relinquish in a 92-72 drubbing of visiting Shenandoah Wednesday night.

There are six ACC teams in the national polls as we begin the new year, but after those six, you may see a steep drop-off.

Seven delegates and two alternates from Virginia Farm Bureau Federation will join Farm Bureau producer members from across the nation in shaping policies important to farmers and ranchers at the 2019 American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention.

Georgetown guard Mac McClung is the Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week for games ending the week of Dec. 23. McClung was selected by CBSSports.com’s Matt Norlander, in partnership with the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
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