
City of Charlottesville wins Governor’s Technology Award
The City of Charlottesville Information Technology Department received a 2015 Governor’s Technology Award for their work on the Charlottesville Area Transit’s (CAT) Mobile App.

The City of Charlottesville Information Technology Department received a 2015 Governor’s Technology Award for their work on the Charlottesville Area Transit’s (CAT) Mobile App.

The Virginia Historical Society announced that its new firearms gallery will be named the Cecil R. Hopkins Gallery, in recognition of a major grant from the Cecil R. and Edna S. Hopkins Family Foundation and in memory of Mr. Hopkins, who established Green Top Sporting Goods in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1947.

The annual Governor’s Technology Awards were presented to honorees in nine categories at a special ceremony at the Commonwealth of Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS) in Richmond on Sept. 9.

Today, three Democratic Senate candidates launched TV ads in the Richmond, Washington and Hampton Roads media markets.

The redistricting of 2011 packed black voters from Richmond to Norfolk in a single congressional district ensuring the probable election of one black representative while reducing the likelihood of another one being elected.

The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce has announced that Sharon Sykes, the director of member services for the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild, will be the lead judge for the Craft Beer Competition during their Good Times Festival on Saturday, September 19th, at Shenandoah Acres Family Campground in Stuarts Draft.

Attorney General Mark Herring today announced a settlement with Annual Business Services LLC (ABS), a Florida limited liability company that used targeted mailings to obtain approximately $15,800 in the aggregate from more than 150 Virginia businesses.

Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced the winners of the first-ever Virginia Velocity Business Plan Competition. The competition provided $850,000 to five companies in the bioscience and energy sectors that were looking to expand their business in Virginia.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

Four Dominion interns are winners of the Dominion Student Veteran Service Award. Each will receive $5,000 recognizing his or her service to the United States and to Dominion.
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