
Five Virginia localities receive funds to place working farmlands under permanent conservation easements
Gov. Ralph Northam today announced $270,000 from the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund will be awarded to five localities.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced $270,000 from the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund will be awarded to five localities.

Springtime is bringing a selection of 30 new products to Virginia ABC store shelves this April.

FEMA will begin accepting financial assistance applications for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020, for deaths related to COVID-19 to help ease some of the financial stress caused by the pandemic.

The Virginia Department of Health announces a new service for deaf and hard of hearing Virginians who use American Sign Language.

Unemployment is still more than double what it was pre-pandemic, but the fine folks at the Virginia Employment Commission are focused on … work requirements and fraud. Another feather in Gov. Ralph Northam’s cap here.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and more than 60 stakeholders in Northern Virginia are still thinking about winter – and reducing the environmental impacts of salt.

Arrive Alive is sponsored by Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety and focuses on the increased risk of teen driver crashes during the spring and summer months.

The Virginia Lottery had to be creative with winner announcements for the fourth annual Thank a Teacher Art Contest.

Outside linebacker Elliott Brown was only on the field for 295 of Virginia’s 3,396 defensive snaps – doing the math, that comes to 8.7 percent – over his four years in Charlottesville.

Gov. Ralph Northam has signed Del. Elizabeth Guzman’s bill to change the date at which the statute of limitations begins to run in personal injury cases.
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