
Virginia announces second round of flood preparedness grant opportunities
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has announced the opening of a second grant round for the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund.

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has announced the opening of a second grant round for the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund.

Residents of Amherst, Campbell, Halifax and Prince Edward counties and the city of Staunton were among the 40 new Virginia State Police troopers who officially graduated this week.

The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation was apportioned $2.3 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to allocate to Federal Motor Carrier-Certified intercity bus operators throughout the Commonwealth.

Sixty-three Virginia bankers graduated this week from the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management in Charlottesville.

The Virginia DMV continues to expand its offering of online transactions by adding the ability for credentialed customers to establish a payment plan contract online.

Virginia Tech will require the proper use of masks by all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, when indoors in designated public areas.

Virginia Tech tight end James Mitchell has earned a place on the 2021 Rotary Lombardi Award watch list, making him one of only nine tight ends in the nation to earn a spot on this prestigious honor roll.

A new poll out tells us that one in eight Virginians either personally experienced a mental health or substance abuse challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic, or had a close family member who did. Doing some quick math, that’s roughly a million of us. I am one of them, and know quite a few of the others.

For the filing week ending July 31, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 6,029, a decrease of 149 claimants from the previous week.

VDH and Metaculus partnered to launch the first round of the Keep Virginia Safe Forecasting Tournament in April, to inform science-backed public health policymaking within the Commonwealth.
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