Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment law of the land: Setting up constitutional fight
Virginia, in 2020, became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the effort led by Jennifer McClellan, then a state senator, now a congresswoman.
Virginia, in 2020, became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the effort led by Jennifer McClellan, then a state senator, now a congresswoman.

Temperatures are predicted at below zero next week, and the Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA wants to ensure that pets are safe.
Eastern Mennonite University will host its eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 19, and Monday, Jan. 20.

A Southwest Virginia man now faces charges similar to his brother for their actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

The Biden administration has committed $22 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines in Southwest Virginia, the New River Valley and Central Virginia.
Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble will present “If Music Be the Food of Love” on Feb. 14, 15 and 16.

The five-year, $224 million project to install nets on the Golden Gate Bridge to reduce deaths by suicide is saving lives as intended.

Most people don’t go to funerals on New Year’s Eve, but we did, because that’s the way things went in 2024. It was an unexpected funeral, for the mother of one of my wife’s (Caitlin’s) childhood friends.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, made a lasting impact on environmental policy. His robust initiatives to protect natural resources and advance clean energy established the foundation for environmental policy in subsequent decades.
It is hard to exaggerate the immense tasks facing Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa as he attempts to peacefully consolidate power with other rebel groups and act on his far-reaching domestic agenda.
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