
Lee Chapel & Museum to reopen to the public March 30
Lee Chapel & Museum will reopen to the public March 30. Hours will be 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Mondays–Saturdays and 1-5 p.m., Sundays.

Lee Chapel & Museum will reopen to the public March 30. Hours will be 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Mondays–Saturdays and 1-5 p.m., Sundays.

Maggie Stiefvater, author of the bestselling Shiver trilogy, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.

The Virginia Museum of Transportation Inc. announced last week that author Colonel Lewis Ingles “Bud” Jeffries has been named the official historian for the Norfolk & Western Class J 611™ Steam Passenger Locomotive.

Stewardship Virginia, a statewide campaign to encourage and recognize voluntary activities with a tangible impact on Virginia’s natural resources, continues this year with events across the state.

Farmers in Virginia and across the nation are closely monitoring new legislation dealing with the use of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced this week that Virginia has been awarded a $22.3 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a pilot program to help increase job skills training for SNAP recipients.

Virginia Tech will be able to begin research on growing industrial hemp in the commonwealth as a result of a new state law and the establishment of an industrial hemp research program by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

On Saturday, March 28, Bridgewater College will host for the first time the fourth annual Walk for Hope – an event in which four area institutions of higher education will unite to raise awareness about depression and suicide prevention.

Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke City) has filed paperwork to run for re-election in Virginia’s Eleventh District in the House of Delegates.

Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement after voting against the Fiscal Year 2016 Senate Budget Resolution in committee, which passed 12-10.
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