
Senate committee votes to defund Planned Parenthood
The Senate Committee on Education & Health voted Thursday to report a bill that would defund women’s health centers across Virginia, including Planned Parenthood affiliates.

The Senate Committee on Education & Health voted Thursday to report a bill that would defund women’s health centers across Virginia, including Planned Parenthood affiliates.

Aquatic life can suffer when high concentrations of dissolved salts enter freshwater ecosystems, a process known as salinization.

Del. R. Steven Landes, R-Weyers Cave, announced Governor McAuliffe’s approval of a pair of his economic development initiatives.

The General Assembly will fail to pass a needed law to hold heroin dealers and traffickers and other drug dealers accountable when their deadly drugs result in a fatal overdose.

The ACC released on Tuesday information on a number of initiatives surrounding the 2016 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed House Bill 259, which prohibits the Board of Education from replacing the Standards of Learning with the Common Core Standards.

Cleveland Morris from Staunton and Elizabeth Sauder from Rockbridge County will exhibit in the Cleo Driver Miller Art Gallery at Bridgewater College.

This month saw a symbolic “passing of the torch” in the Latino Student Alliance at Eastern Mennonite University.

House Bill 516, which requires the Board of Education to establish a policy regarding sexually explicit materials for public schools, passed the Senate 22 to 17.

After providing 35 years of leadership in the Lynchburg Hillcats front office, team president Paul Sunwall has officially retired.
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