
Governor announces additional key administration appointments
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced he has chosen additional key administration appointments.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced he has chosen additional key administration appointments.

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has announced $3 million in grant funding to protect and preserve sites representing African American history.

Arts Council of the Valley will open a new Smith House Galleries exhibition of installation, ceramic sculpture, and mixed media works by Herb Weaver with a reception during First Fridays of the Valley on August 5.

Communities across the country are focusing on adding school resource officers in the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers in May.

The Virginia Department of Health has announced the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the Blue Ridge Health District. The case was confirmed on July 11.

A caller claiming to be from the “document control division” of a “Jacob and Associates” left a message on my cell about a supposed long ago past-due credit card debt.

The extremist right got burned calling the story of the rape of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was denied an abortion “fake news,” but never fear, they have an attorney general bro on their side.

Sen. Mark Warner and Sen. Marco Rubio have sent a letter to the FTC calling for an investigation into the security risk of TikTok.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has chosen additional key administration appointments including two individuals with ties to the Harrisonburg area – Valley Renovators, Inc. VP J.M. Snell II and James Madison University professor Marshall Pattie.

Renowned comedian, podcast host, and author Bert Kreischer will bring his Berty Boy Relapse Tour to the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville on Friday, October 7.
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