
New Virginia unemployment claims down 7.3 percent in the past week
The Virginia Employment Commission announced Thursday that new unemployment claims were down 7.3 percent over the past week.

The Virginia Employment Commission announced Thursday that new unemployment claims were down 7.3 percent over the past week.

All Virginia ABC stores will open at their normal hours and remain open until 6 p.m. on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30.

Virginia will kick off its first season under new football coach Tony Elliott on Saturday, Sept. 3 against Richmond with a game broadcast on RSN at 12:30 p.m.

The 2022 football season opener between Old Dominion and Virginia Tech on Friday, Sept. 2 will kick off at 7 p.m. on ESPNU, ESPN Networks announced on Thursday.

Virginia was 26-3 and ranked as high as second in the national polls heading into its road trip to then-#5 Miami in early April. It’s looking likely now that the Cavaliers won’t even be hosting a regional when the NCAA Tournament field is announced next week.

Spring weather in Virginia can be notoriously fickle, and no one is more aware of that fact than farmers.

Ninth-seeded Florida State collected 15 hits, including two-run homers by Alex Toral and Reese Albert, to roll past fifth-seeded Virginia,13-3, in the 2022 ACC Baseball Championship opener for both teams Wednesday afternoon at Truist Field.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $6,236,161 in federal funding for 15 Virginia schools for Upward Bound programs.

Fifth-seeded Virginia (38-15) will begin its ACC Tournament on Wednesday when it takes on Florida State (33-22) at Truist Field in Charlotte.

It’s the job of Lo Davis of Cavalier Futures to be up to the minute on the ins and outs of NIL. Davis joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to help educate us all on NIL, and how Virginia Athletics has its focus on the long term.
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