
Specialty Crop Grants: Request for applications
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting applications for USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Block Grant funds.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting applications for USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Block Grant funds.

The mild and wet winter that we have experienced has set the parameters for one of the largest termite swarms to ever be known in this region.

Two NCAA Tournaments in three years and a brief period at #1 in the national polls wasn’t enough to save Dino Gaudio’s job as head coach at Wake Forest, where Gaudio’s teams went a combined 61-31. The idea that Jeff Bzdelik will be employed too much longer into the future after going 34-60 in three seasons seems more and more remote.

AugustaFreePress.com’s Jeff Fife interviews N.C. State players Lorenzo Brown and C.J. Leslie following the Pack’s 80-63 win over Virginia Tech on Thursday at the 2013 ACC Tournament.

It was an “emotional” end for Virginia Tech’s Erick Green, the ACC Player of the Year, whose 5-for-19 effort from the floor was a big factor in Virginia Tech’s 80-63 loss to North Carolina State in the first round of the 2013 ACC Tournament on Wednesday.

The No. 12 Virginia baseball team earned a 7-2 victory over Liberty Wednesday evening at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers (15-1) capped their 14-game homestand with a 13-1 record before heading off to Clemson this weekend for a three-game ACC series.

Seeding and first-round pairings have been finalized for the 60th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, which gets under way Thursday (March 14) at the Greensboro Coliseum.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement on the budget proposal introduced today.

State revenue collections decreased by 2 percent in February over the prior year mainly due to one fewer deposit day. February is not generally a significant month for revenue collections. On a year-to-date basis, total revenue collections rose 5.5 percent through February, ahead of the annual forecast of 3.6 percent growth.

Virginia State Police are continuing its search efforts Wednesday in Bath County where a missing woman’s vehicle was located on Monday, March 11, 2013, at approximately 6:22 a.m. The vehicle, a 2006 silver, BMW 325i, was discovered near Back Creek on Route 39 about a ½ mile from Route 600 in Bath County, which is located in the Mountain Grove Community. Evidence at the scene indicates no signs of foul play.
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