
Virginia announces $18 million Community Flood Preparedness Fund grant round
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation announced this week the opening of the first grant round for the new Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund.

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation announced this week the opening of the first grant round for the new Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund.

Gov. Ralph Northam is calling on all Virginians to prepare now for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30.

An engineering marvel is being constructed right now in a creek in Southwest Virginia.

Twenty-one Virginia high school students have earned the titles of National Cyber Scholar after winning a rigorous 48-hour competition designed to evaluate aptitude in combating cyber threats.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) announced a grant for $27,344,292 from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Virginia Department of Health to address COVID-19 disparities.

The Foggy Bottom Pictures film Tapawingo, a comedy starring Jon Heder and Billy Zane, will film in Hopewell with additional locations in Petersburg and Richmond.

Gov. Ralph Northam has proclaimed June as Pride Month in Virginia to celebrate the Commonwealth’s LGBTQ+ communities, their achievements and contributions, and their fight for inclusion and equality.

Andrew Abbott was in control with two outs in the sixth, but back-to-back ground-rule doubles knocked him out of the game, and South Carolina went on to a 4-3 win in the opening game of the Columbia Regional.

For the filing week ending May 29, the figure for new unemployment claims in Virginia was 8,090, a decrease of 1,753 claimants from the previous week.

Gov. Ralph Northam signed an executive directive Thursday setting pollution reduction targets for lands within the Chesapeake Bay watershed that are owned by state agencies and public institutions of higher education.
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