
Spanberger to host telephone town hall on COVID-19
Abigail Spanberger will host a telephone town hall on Wednesday with local superintendents, higher education administrators, and government officials.

Abigail Spanberger will host a telephone town hall on Wednesday with local superintendents, higher education administrators, and government officials.

The Virginia Department of Education is expanding its existing online learning system, Virtual Virginia, to allow every teacher in the Commonwealth to host virtual classes while schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

AFP Editor Chris Graham and AFP Digital Editor Crystal Graham break down the latest news on COVID-19 including the paycheck protection program, economic impact payments, economic injury disaster loans and more. Listen in for the latest.

Virginia Cooperative Extension specialists have long offered hands-on educational workshops to share agricultural and consumer information with farmers and the public. But in the age of COVID-19, they’ve had to switch to virtual workshops.

A simple window or short walk offers an opportunity to connect to the rhythms of the natural world by observing common bird species.

The Virginia Lottery had to get creative when notifying the students and school winners of its annual Thank a Teacher Art Contest.

Gov. Ralph Northam today signed new laws that repeal racist and discriminatory language from Virginia’s Acts of Assembly, give localities the ability to remove or alter Confederate monuments in their communities.

According to a Hookit’s Year in Review Report, advertisers and broadcasters increase their budget on sponsorship deals by 5% yearly without understanding the true value of their marketing efforts.

The City of Charlottesville is extending the closure of City Hall to the public for at least the next two weeks.

Gov. Ralph Northam today signed several gun violence prevention measures into law, including legislation to enact an Extreme Risk Protective Order, require background checks on all gun sales, mandate reporting of lost and stolen firearms.
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