
Metro Richmond Zoo welcomes a baby hippopotamus for Christmas
The Metro Richmond Zoo is leaning into the popular holiday tune “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” to announce a birth.

The Metro Richmond Zoo is leaning into the popular holiday tune “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” to announce a birth.
VDOT has updated its weekly road work schedules for the Culpeper and Staunton transportation districts, with the caveat that a lot of the road work on the schedule will be lifted around Christmas and New Year’s.

The holiday season to me, and I’m assuming many people, is a time of year when the past, present and future swirl together in a hazy concoction of lights and songs and cheer that smells like pine needles and tastes like peppermint.
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes announced the unanimous Senate passage of the Chesapeake National Recreation Act.
The Virginia DWR and Devils Backbone Brewing Company announce a three-year sponsorship to restore the James River WMA.

Caesars Virginia in Danville officially opened the doors to its $750 million permanent facility at noon today.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has travel resources available to help make the trip as smooth as eggnog.
VDOT has updated its schedule of highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.
VCU has been awarded a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a Cancer Control Equity Research Center.
The Republican-majority U.S. House voted earlier this year to pass the PRESS Act, legislation that would protect reporters from being spied on by the government, and from being threatened with jail time to force them to testify against their sources.
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