
Administration blocks Atlantic Coast offshore drilling
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Tuesday that the Atlantic Coast will not be included in the next five-year oil and gas leasing program.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Tuesday that the Atlantic Coast will not be included in the next five-year oil and gas leasing program.

The Virginia women’s basketball team earned an at-large bid to the 2016 Women’s National Invitation Tournament and will play its first round game at VCU.

Speakers at the eighth annual Governor’s Conference on Agricultural Trade highlighted agreements that could boost agriculture and forestry exports.

The No. 10 Virginia baseball team (11-5, 2-1 ACC) dropped the series finale to Duke (9-7, 1-2 ACC), 3-0, Sunday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C.

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.
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