
Valley Children’s Advocacy Center welcomes a new facility dog
The Valley Children’s Advocacy Center has a new full-time staff member: four legs, covered in fur, but as essential as her co-workers.

The Valley Children’s Advocacy Center has a new full-time staff member: four legs, covered in fur, but as essential as her co-workers.

The Virginia Department of Health COVID-19 data website now includes a dashboard detailing COVID-19 cases in K-12 schools in the Commonwealth.

Former U.S. Sen. John Warner announced this week his endorsement for Amendment 1, which would amend the Virginia Constitution to establish a nonpartisan redistricting commission.

Elizabeth Kolbert, a staff writer for The New Yorker, will give a virtual lecture on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. as part of Washington and Lee University’s Mudd Center for Ethics series on Global Ethics in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities.

Virginia’s seven billionaires have done well for themselves since mid-March, growing their collective wealth $6.5 billion – 15.8 percent.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s research continues to grow, posting an institutional record of $335 million in sponsored funding in fiscal year 2020, an 8 percent increase over the previous year.

Unless you’ve been living in the Stone Age, you’ve probably noticed that a big chunk of the entertainment industry has moved to the online platform. The reasons for this are obvious.

Over the past decade, distance learning has grown in popularity and is touted as a flexible way for students to conveniently access quality instruction. More and more learners are choosing online education, with data showing enrollment to be at six million in the United States.

The number of people on Virginia’s roadways being killed in crashes involving teen drivers is up this year, despite teen drivers being involved in far fewer crashes overall, given several months of limited traffic on roadways.

Staunton City Schools is partnering with Shenandoah Green in an effort to plant thousands of trees in Staunton over the next year.
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