
Bills to make college more affordable advance from House committee
Two bills aimed at making college more affordable were passed unanimously by the House Appropriations Committee on Monday.

Two bills aimed at making college more affordable were passed unanimously by the House Appropriations Committee on Monday.

Syracuse was 4-0 in the ACC heading into its matchup on Saturday at Clemson, which had just been pasted by #2 UVA in Charlottesville and was 1-3 in ACC play going in.

Locked in a tight battle Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center, the James Madison women’s basketball team pulled away from Drexel in the second half to complete a 66-51 victory.

Of all the casino games that transitioned to the Internet at the end of the 20th century, it can be argued that slot machines did so the most seamlessly.

Trey Freeman (Virginia Beach, VA.) scored 18 points and Aaron Bacote (Hampton, VA.) added 14 to lead ODU (15-2/4-1) to a 61-50 Conference-USA victory over North Texas before a sellout crowd of 8,472 at the Constant Center.

Two current first-year students at Virginia Tech were members of a five-person team that designed an award-winning NASA project addressing one of the most significant dangers of human space flight: radiation exposure.

With the second pick in the third round of the 2015 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft, defender Sam Lofton of the JMU women’s soccer team was selected by the Boston Breakers.

AAA Mid-Atlantic has announced the 22 hotels and 12 restaurants in Virginia that earned the Four or Five Diamond Rating during the past 12 months.

Delegate Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke City) has been appointed to the Militia, Police, and Public Safety Committee by House Speaker William J. Howell.

Governor Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday announced $200,000 in funding for five collaborative efforts in Virginia through the Building Collaborative Communities (BCC) program.
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