
Northam announces more than $1.1 million in GO Virginia grants
Governor Ralph Northam announced five regional projects funded through GO Virginia (Growth and Opportunity for Virginia) grants totaling $1,115,300.

Governor Ralph Northam announced five regional projects funded through GO Virginia (Growth and Opportunity for Virginia) grants totaling $1,115,300.

U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Todd Young (R-IN), and Doug Jones (D-AL), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Jobs Plus Recovery Act to incorporate job training into drug addiction recovery programs.

Shenandoah University music education major Drake Stoughton ’18, of Manassas, Virginia, and global studies and Spanish alumna Niulka Franco Marin ‘17, of Winchester, have received prestigious Fulbright Awards.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after Reddit announced that it had taken action against nearly a thousand accounts that were controlled by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA).

NatureRidge, Staunton’s natural playground, has earned the City a 2018 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award. The Staunton Parks & Recreation Department was one of 17 award winners recognized last week at the 29th Environment Virginia Symposium in Lexington.

The seventh annual Tom Tom Founders Festival, a weeklong celebration of entrepreneurship, culture, and innovation, launches today in Charlottesville.

A state-by-state analysis released for Equal Pay Day tomorrow reveals that a woman employed full time, year-round in Virginia is typically paid just 80 cents for every dollar paid to a man – a yearly pay difference of $11,019.

From a workstation prototype that will improve the working conditions for operating room nurses to an infrastructure system designed to protect communities from natural disasters, interdisciplinary teams of Virginia Tech students fueled by university funding are finding creative solutions to real-world problems.

Sustainable Shenandoah Valley will hold its Celebration of Collaboration on Thursday, April 12, at Bridgewater College Nininger Hall at 4 pm.

Bridgewater College is recognizing academic achievement during a period of activities dedicated to showcasing excellence. ASPIRE (A Celebration of the Arts, Scholarship, Performance, Innovation and Research Excellence), will be held April 14-24.
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