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Youngkin Invests More than $50 Million to Accelerate K-12 Student Success
Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced a $51.25 million budget investment to direct critical resources to students most in need, as identified by the Virginia Board of Education’s School Performance...
‘Tech and Tactics’ Unite to Outsmart Stealthy Submarines
Researchers at Virginia Tech and the United States Naval Academy are teaming up to improve...
Branch Awarded Contract For Diverging Diamond Design at Intersection of Routes 220 / 419
The Commonwealth Transportation Board has awarded a contract valued at $34.4 million to Branch Civil...
VA Teachers Concerned About Keeping Pronoun Usage From Parents
The Rockingham County Circuit Court will hold a hearing on Tuesday Dec 10th in Figliola...
Roanoke Initiative Shapes Next Generation of Health Science Researchers
When not in class, a select group of undergraduate students are running experiments, shadowing physicians,...
Inside Grandin Gardens
“We must cultivate our garden,” wrote the French philosopher Voltaire in his satirical novel “Candide yet there was little satire meant in that closing...
GOP Women’s Retreat Draws Dignitaries and Politicians
Women from all over the state came together for the 5th Annual Suzanne Curran Republican Women’s Retreat at the Holiday Inn Valley View last...
Miss Arlington Crowned Miss Virginia
Caressa Cameron, Miss Arlington, was crowned Miss Virginia 2009, Saturday night at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre. In addition to the title, she won a $16,500...
Breckenridge Teacher Delivers Keynote on Childhood Success
Virginia’s Teacher of the Year, Stephanie Doyle, from Breckenridge Middle School in Roanoke, was a featured speaker at last week’s 10th annual Copenhaver Institute...
VDOT Closes Virginia’s Last Poled Ferry
Hatton Ferry, a James River gem and last remaining poled ferry in the U.S. shut down operations permanently on July 1. The ferry has...
A Weekend of Madness in the Star City
It was a trip down memory lane for many last Friday night as vintage car owners cruised Williamson Road as part of the 8th...