
Sen. Warner files amendment to double drone research funding
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced an amendment that would provide $6 million towards unmanned aircraft systems research to safely integrate them into the national airspace.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced an amendment that would provide $6 million towards unmanned aircraft systems research to safely integrate them into the national airspace.

The Staunton Downtown Development Association welcomes Dr. Vincent Magnini, author and associate professor at Virginia Tech, who will lead a seminar focused on “Delivering Memorable Experiences Downtown” on Aug. 21.

New Dominion Bookshop will host a book reading and signing with novelist Lucy Tan and poet Stephen Hitchcock on Saturday, September 8, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Last week, the Israeli Knesset passed a new basic law which in the main enshrines “Israel [as] the historical homeland of the Jewish people in which the State of Israel was established.”

The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development announced recently the Virginia Main Street Merit Award winners at the 2018 Downtown Intersections in Harrisonburg.

The GO Virginia Region 8 Council announced Monday that economic and business development consultant Faith McClintic was hired as the GO Virginia Program Director for Region 8 starting August 1, 2018.

When Eastern Mennonite Seminary Master of Divinity candidate Jason Wagner presented his capstone integration project this spring, he was introduced by Nathan Carr, a man he’d gotten to know on the job.

The City of Waynesboro will host Dr. Vincent Magnini, author and associate professor at Virginia Tech, who will lead a seminar focused on “Delivering Memorable Experiences Downtown” on August 20 at 9:00 AM at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building.

Speyside Bourbon Cooperage, Inc. will invest $26 million to establish a bourbon barrel cooperage in Smyth County and $9 million in a new stave mill facility in Washington County.

The Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a roadmap for fixing a broken transportation system in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic region.
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