
Virginia announces additional Amtrak service to Norfolk beginning March 4
A second Amtrak train service serving Norfolk will debut on March 4, adding a 9 a.m. departure to the current 6:10 a.m. scheduled Norfolk train.

A second Amtrak train service serving Norfolk will debut on March 4, adding a 9 a.m. departure to the current 6:10 a.m. scheduled Norfolk train.

Christy Coleman, CEO of the American Civil War Museum, will be the featured speaker at Washington and Lee University’s Founders Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation at 5 p.m. on Jan. 22 in Lee Chapel.

Proponents of equality launched a weeklong surge Monday to encourage state lawmakers to make history by becoming the 38th and last state needed to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), first drafted in 1923.

Democrats, in our coffee shops, scooting around town in our hybrids listening to NPR, over local-sourced dinners with our foodie friends, find ourselves at an uncharacteristic loss for words when forced to confront the uncomfortable reality.

Gas prices in Virginia have risen 2.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.07/g yesterday, according to the GasBuddy daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.

Del. Chris Collins and Sen. Richard Stuart are leading a growing effort to save lives by toughening Virginia’s distracted driving law.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced that nine companies from across the Commonwealth have graduated from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program.

Senior Travis Clower calmly took the time to get his taller defender in the air with a pump fake, and then launched a three from the left wing, hitting nothing but the bottom of the net as time expired as EMU forced OT against nationally ranked Lynchburg.

Junior guards De’Riante Jenkins and Issac Vann combined for 33 points, and VCU used a 21-7 second-half run to pull away from UMass Saturday in Richmond.

The first full week of the General Assembly is now under our belts. A few significant bills have reached the floor, but most are awaiting action in committee.
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