
The end of summer vacation doesn’t mean the end of mosquitoes
Summer may be ending, but mosquitoes are still breeding and biting in Virginia. The Virginia Department of Health urges everyone to pay attention to prevention.

Summer may be ending, but mosquitoes are still breeding and biting in Virginia. The Virginia Department of Health urges everyone to pay attention to prevention.

Investigators with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police, FBI and ATF have been working around the clock since the WDBJ shootings occurred to collect, analyze, and process a significant amount of evidence, interviews, and documentation.

The Longwood men’s basketball team will play the first nationally-televised game in program history on Dec. 15 when the Lancers take on Oklahoma State on ESPNU.

Virginia Military Institute head basketball coach Dan Earl will make his college head coaching debut against Penn State, the university where he starred as a point guard in the mid-’90s before spending six years (2006-11) on the Penn State staff as assistant coach.

Text of remarks from Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to members of the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance Committee Thursday in Richmond.

GermanFest, which celebrates German Heritage in America, will be held on September 12th from 10am – 6pm at 11523 Back Road, Toms Brook, on the grounds of the Shenandoah Germanic Heritage Museum.

A disgruntled former WDBJ TV reporter who shot a reporter and a cameraman live on air this morning is dead after apparently shooting himself in Fauquier County.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, will release two Bald Eagles during the week of August 24 – on Wednesday, August 26 at 11:30 a.m. at Widewater State Park in Stafford County, and on Thursday, August 27 at 3:00 p.m. at Chippokes Plantation State Park in Surry County.

The University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies will present a panel discussion, “Engaging Race: Forum on Race, Citizenship and Social Justice,” on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Minor Hall, room 125.

Retailers at five Phillips Edison & Company-owned shopping center locations in Maryland and Virginia will host a series of free movie nights throughout the summer to engage consumers and foster community involvement.
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