
USDA Specialty Crop Block Grants available for Virginia agricultural interests
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting applications for USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Block Grant funding.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting applications for USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Block Grant funding.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine will speak at Virginia Military Institute’s commencement ceremony May 16.

Virginia House Republican leaders commented on the adjournment of the 2016 General Assembly session after lawmakers passed a two-year state budget.

The Virginia Historical Society announced that TowneBank will sponsor the next VHS special exhibition, Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

With the legislature wrapping up the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly in a day or so, I wanted to provide a status report.

The American Red Cross has helped save at least 77 lives and installed more than a quarter of a million smoke alarms in homes all across the country.

Harrisonburg Tourism and Visitor Services recently accepted the opportunity to become one of eight charter chapters of the Virginia Green Travel Alliance.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the Shenandoah Valley Travel Association (SVTA) has been awarded $9,200 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Program.

The Farm2Fork Affair, held on Tuesday, highlighted Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro agricultural producers in an effort to market to large-scale consumers throughout Virginia.

The No. 10 Virginia baseball team knocked off Wagner, 6-2, Tuesday afternoon at Davenport Field. UVA starting pitcher Adam Haseley (So., Windermere, Fla.) worked a career-long 7 1/3 innings.
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