
Kaine seeks to highlight Virginia small business success stories
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine is launching an initiative to highlight small business success stories from across the Commonwealth during National Small Business Week.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine is launching an initiative to highlight small business success stories from across the Commonwealth during National Small Business Week.

The Virginia Department of Forestry is offering a cost-share program to support the treatment of ash trees.

Celebrating a program that helps Virginia Tech students facing food insecurity, university leaders and donors held a ceremonial opening of the facility that now houses The Market of Virginia Tech.

Freshman Griff O’Ferrall hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh, and grad student tacked on an insurance run with a bomb deep into the Hoo Zone in the eighth, to lift No. 11 Virginia (29-10, 11-8 ACC) to a 4-2 victory over North Carolina (23-15, 8-11 ACC) on Friday night at Disharoon Park.

The news that Kihei Clark is returning seems to finally wind down the silly season for Virginia Basketball.

Des Kitchings won’t have enough linemen dressed out on Saturday to run two O lines in Virginia’s spring game, meaning a few guys are going to have to line up for both teams.

Virginia employers hired 182,000 workers in February while reporting 313,000 job openings.

No. 11 Virginia (28-10, 10-8 ACC) resumes ACC play this weekend with a three-game series against North Carolina (23-14, 8-10 ACC) at Disharoon Park.

Virginia Football, under new coach Tony Elliott, probably wouldn’t go out on Saturday and be able to hang with, let’s say, Alabama, but good news there: they don’t have to.

Student organizations representing more than 40 countries will have booths with displays about cultures from around the world at the 61st International Street Fair on Sunday at Virginia Tech.
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