
Virginia DOC begins reopening state correctional facilities to the public
The Virginia DOC is planning a phased-in reopening to visitors while continuing to follow CDC guidance for congregate settings.

The Virginia DOC is planning a phased-in reopening to visitors while continuing to follow CDC guidance for congregate settings.

Approaching the six-month mark of the first year of the Biden administration, Virginia Tech political expert Karen Hult gives the president generally high marks for early accomplishments on the domestic and foreign front.

The future of the workplace will include more remote working and hybrid options in the wake of the pandemic — and some office footprints will shrink.

After making landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area, Tropical Storm Elsa is churning up the state’s West Coast today on its way to Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia and is expected to be packing lots of rain when it arrives here on Thursday.

Gov. Ralph Northam and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management are closely monitoring the potential impacts of Tropical Storm Elsa on the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Commonwealth has distributed approximately $304.5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to 190 towns.

The Virginia Commission for the Arts has announced the opening of its 2021-2022 Artist Fellowship program, this year highlighting Literary Arts, and most specifically, poetry.

There’s something for everyone this summer at Cliffside Amphitheatre as Theatre West Virginia swings back into action after being closed for the first year in its history in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virginia State Police Superintendent Col. Gary T. Settle has promoted a Henrico County native to the position of deputy director of the department’s Bureau of Field Operations.

While Virginia has now surpassed the 70 percent mark for vaccinations among adults, there are significant differences among racial and ethnic groups regarding willingness to get the vaccine.
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