
Ken Plum: Staying on task
Despite all the distraction associated with events in Richmond these days, the General Assembly is staying on task dealing with legislative and budgetary issues it faces.

Despite all the distraction associated with events in Richmond these days, the General Assembly is staying on task dealing with legislative and budgetary issues it faces.

An antidepressant drug used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder could save people from deadly sepsis, new research from the UVA School of Medicine suggests.

In honor of Black History Month, Reps. A. Donald McEachin and Alma S. Adams introduced the African American Burial Grounds Network Act.

The Waynesboro Public Library will host a program on the History of the Negro Baseball Leagues on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 11 a.m.

Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine applauded Senate passage of a bill that reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program that protects and preserves Virginia’s public lands.

The JMU School of Theatre and Dance will offer a series of free Dance for Parkinson’s classes during select Saturdays in the spring of 2019.

A Virginia Tech-sponsored competition bringing together student and professional teams aims to generate novel solutions to the ongoing opioid crisis among youth by diving into the data.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, will present A View From the Top: Birds of Prey, a program about the raptors that live around us, in Harrisonburg.

VTTI expert Thomas Dingus says that driving when both visibility and traction are impaired by the weather increases the risk of a crash by 70-80 percent.

Vauquois was transformed into a devastated World War I battleground — both above and below the Earth’s surface.
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