Tyro
LATEST NEWS
Monmouth Cancels Friday Card Due To Heat, Colonial Pushes Back Start Time
Monmouth Park has cancelled its eight-race card scheduled for Friday, Aug. 2 due to excessive heat, the track said in a release Friday morning. Racing is scheduled to resume on Saturday, with the Tyro Stakes for 2-year-olds at five furlongs on the grass headlining the card. Earlier in the day,...
Virginia sales tax holiday weekend: what to know before you go
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Virginia’s three-day event, which allows shoppers to skip sales taxes in three categories, comes as the high cost of essentials continues to burden households and after the state assembly failed to allow the annual holiday to happen before the school year in 2023. A state budget battle pushed last year’s […]
FAFSA problems cause ‘a lot of heartbreak’ for some college applicants
Some Virginia students planning to attend college this fall are still waiting on accurate financial aid offers from colleges they’ve applied to, due to glitches in a new version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. According to the U.S. Department of Education, some of those...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin makes additional appointments to staff, boards
The Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro region, known as SAW, had strong representation in Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration and board appointments announced on Friday. The appointments include three people from Augusta County, and one from Waynesboro, Rockingham County and Charlottesville. PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY. Carl Beckett, Special Assistant, Department of Corrections.
ActBlue calls Miyares’ investigation into fraud claims a ‘partisan political attack and scare tactic’
Virginia’s Republican attorney general said his office is “looking into” fraud claims made on social media against ActBlue, a fundraising platform for Democrats that said the accusations are part of "a years-long disinformation and harassment campaign."