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After implementing a new rule for 2013 mandating thigh pads for all National Football League players, the league asked University of Virginia biomechanical researchers to test how well available thigh pads protected players against injuries.
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When was the last time you felt like you had set sail on a trip of a lifetime to see the world? What if you knew that for $25 you can taste local Virginia wines and craft brews and get your passport stamped five times on an “international adventure?”
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Virginia State Police are still investigating a series of events that occurred in Augusta County Sunday night (Aug. 18) involving a Staunton man.
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A federal law intended to protect healthcare workers from accidental needlesticks has slashed the number of such injuries by more than 100,000 annually and is producing a yearly cost savings of up to $415 million, a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.
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The State Fair of Virginia’s concert lineup for 2013 will include country legends the Charlie Daniels Band and John Anderson, as well as rockers Jefferson Starship.
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Last month I had the tremendous honor to keynote a dinner at the National FFA State Presidents’ Conference in Washington, D.C. This is an annual event that brings two state FFA officers from each state to our nation’s capitol for a week of intense leadership development.
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The Commonwealth of Virginia finished FY 2013 $585 million in the black. The announcement of Virginia’s fourth consecutive budget surplus in the McDonnell administration came during the governor’s annual fiscal year-end address to the joint money committees of the General Assembly.
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A training covering the basics of Medicare is being offered at VPAS through the Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program (VICAP) beginning August 20 for new staff and volunteers desiring to become Certified VICAP Counselors.
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At 6:45 a.m., Virginia State Police Sr. Trooper J.G. O’Gorek was called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Route 262, between Routes 252 and 254, in Augusta County on Monday (August 19, 2013).
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.
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