
Northam announces 2019 Outstanding STEM Award recipients
Gov. Ralph Northam and the Science Museum of Virginia’s Chief Wonder Officer Richard Conti announced last week the 2019 Outstanding STEM Award recipients.

Gov. Ralph Northam and the Science Museum of Virginia’s Chief Wonder Officer Richard Conti announced last week the 2019 Outstanding STEM Award recipients.

From the Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth Department: UVA blew out William & Mary Friday night in front of 45,000 fans, 52-17, and … it could’ve been better.

The UVA field hockey team (2-0, 0-0 ACC) will play a pair of home games this weekend, hosting UMass Lowell (1-1, 0-0 America East) on Friday (Sept. 6) at 3 p.m., and No. 14 Ohio State (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) on Sunday (Sept. 8) at 1 p.m.

Educational entertainment is a staple of the State Fair of Virginia, often called “Virginia’s largest outdoor classroom.”

Due to severe weather continuing to impact the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic areas of the U.S., Amtrak is operating a modified schedule and cancelling select services from Thursday, Sept. 5, to Saturday, Sept. 7.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin announced a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the HH McGuire Veterans Medical Center in Richmond for fecal transplants to address cirrhosis for $704,994.

The George Mason men’s basketball program has released its 2019-20 Atlantic 10 league schedule, which includes 11 games on national television and home contests against 2019 NCAA Tournament teams VCU and Saint Louis.

VCU will defend its Atlantic 10 Conference regular season title in front of a national television audience.

Governor Ralph Northam today announced the members of the Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law.

With 11 traffic deaths occurring over the Labor Day weekend, the preliminary number of total traffic deaths for Virginia in 2019 is quickly catching up to the 2018 to-date total.
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