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Pinpoint Weather: Hot and humid start to the week
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Prepare for the heat and humidity. Hot and humid conditions are expected across Southwest and Central Virginia for the beginning of the week. Monday will start with morning temperatures in the 60s and lower 70s. Expect temperatures to rise into the 90s during the afternoon under mostly to partly sunny skies. A […]
Volvo Trucks Awarded $208M Grant
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded an announcement from the Department of Energy that Mack and Volvo Trucks will be awarded over $208 million in federal funding through the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program. The funding was made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, which the senators voted to pass. The funding will upgrade operations, sustain 7,900 union jobs, and create 295 new jobs in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. In Virginia, it will support electric heavy-duty vehicle production at Volvo’s New River Valley (NRV) truck manufacturing facility by creating a mixed model assembly line. Warner and Kaine wrote a letter in support of Mack and Volvo Trucks’ application earlier this year.
Virginia Children’s Book Festival sets this year’s author lineup
Bad Kitty. The Girl Who Drank The Moon. Judy Moody. Klawde the Evil Alien Warlord Cat. These characters and many more will be in Farmville this October as part of the 11th annual Virginia Children’s Book Festival, held yearly on the campus of Longwood University. The Virginia Children’s Book Festival has announced its 2024 author […] The post Virginia Children’s Book Festival sets this year’s author lineup appeared first on Farmville.
Institute Looking to Add Fifteen Members to REACH Program
(Danville, VA) – Coming on the heels of an announcement by Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine that Virginia would be receive nearly $2 million dollars in funding for Public Health AmeriCorps programs last week, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research has allocated their portion of the grant to expanding membership in the Regional Engagement to Advance Community Health (REACH) AmeriCorps program.
VIDEO: 2026 WR Dyzier Carter at UA Next Future 50
BRADENTON, Fla . — Watch Woodberry Forest (Va.) 2026 wide receiver Dyzier Carter at the UA Next Future 50. Carter, who stands 6-foot and weighs 180 pounds and holds a Miami offer, is considered a four-star prospect and 12th-best wide receiver in the class according to the 247Sports composite rankings.
Chatham Town Council holds monthly meeting
Council members for the Village of Chatham held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at the Chatham Village Hall where a short agenda was attended to. Present at the meeting was Mayor Gregory C. Harris, Council members Mike Wilson, Laverne Mixon, Toni Malone and Sue Proffer. Council member Bernadean James was absent.
SHORE PERSPECTIVES: Jeri Winn Combines Affection for Animals with Concern for Their Welfare at ESRACF
To everything there is a season. Currently at the Eastern Shore Regional Animal Control Facility, cat and kitten season has them at full capacity and they are in dire need of our community to help by adopting a furry family member. This week Kelley visited with Jeri Winn, the new...
Brief lockdown at Prince William County hospital as man shot was brought in
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD) said officers are investigating after a man was shot in Woodbridge Sunday evening. Police said that at around 6:40 p.m., officers responded to a reported shooting at the 14100 block of Bay Vista Drive. Police located a man with a […]
Mother arrested after leaving 9-month-old, 3-year-old unattended to take boyfriend to work; police
A mother was arrested after police said she left her two small children unattended at her Roanoke Rapids home.According to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department, an officer responded to a report of a 3-year-old who was walking through the parking lot of a residential complex on East Littleton Road at around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. When the officer arrived they found that the child was left unattended from a neighboring residence.Police said the mother, 22-year-old Jessenia Grace Brown of Roanoke Rapids, said she had left the child to take her boyfriend to work near Halifax, and thought she had locked the door. The officer then went to Brown's home where police said a 9-month-old was found alone in a crib in a back bedroom.ALSO SEE: Habitat's latest home welcomes a striving Durham mother and her sonBrown was taken into custody and is being charged with two counts of child abuse. She is being held in the Halifax County Detention Center without bond due to the Pretrial Integrity Act of 2023.Police said Halifax DSS took custody of both of the children who were placed in a safe environment.
Dare commissioners to vote on moving up Buxton, Avon beach widening to 2026
With erosion occurring more rapidly than expected off Buxton, the Dare County Board of Commissioners are expected to vote Tuesday to shift the next beach renourishment project to 2026. Buxton’s stretch of beach took a beating this past fall and winter for offshore hurricanes and repeated nor’easters, including one of...
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