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Toano Trades Center Site of Lunch and Learn
Virginia Peninsula Community College and the Greater Williamsburg Movement held an information session Saturday, July 20, at the College’s Trades Center in Toano. Above, Charlie Williams (right), the initiative manager for the Greater Williamsburg Movement’s Project InSPire, talks with a potential student and his father at the event. Williams’ group provided a box lunch.
Pig hearts and kidneys: Barns may be future of organ transplantation
A research farm in the mountains of Virginia is raising what’s becoming the future of medicine. Thousands of Americans each year die waiting for an organ transplant, and many experts acknowledge there never will be enough human donors to meet the need. So researchers are trying to use organs...
Allegations of source of housing funds discrimination solved
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME) announced that it recently represented Tamesha Thompson in reaching a settlement with Meadowbrook Apartments in Chesterfield and reached a conciliation and resolves all claims between the involved parties. HOME, a statewide fair housing and HUD-approved housing counseling 501(c)(3) non-profit, and Thompson submitted...
Shore Major Boys suffer first loss of All-Star Tournament
The Shore Little League Major boys suffered their first defeat of the Virginia State Tournament in Louisa on Saturday, falling to Spotsylvania County 3-1. Wyatt Johnson got the nod on the mound for Shore, pitching a gutsy 2 innings before being relieved by Aiden Lewis. Johnson, Lewis and Chase Brady combined to scatter only 3 hits and 1 walk in yet another outstanding pitching performance by the Shore pitching staff.
Elected officials push for free tax filing in Virginia
Members of the state's congressional delegation want a new pilot program allowing people to file their federal taxes for free to come to Virginia. And officials in Richmond want it, too. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger is among the signatories of a letter that asks Governor Glenn Youngkin to support a new...
Virginia’s biggest out-migration problems are in metro areas, not rural communities
The 10 localities with the biggest deficits in terms of more people moving out than moving in are in metro areas, with Fairfax County topping the list. The post Virginia’s biggest out-migration problems are in metro areas, not rural communities appeared first on Cardinal News.
JD Vance makes solo debut as GOP vice presidential nominee with Monday rallies in Ohio and Virginia
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance will make his first solo appearances on the campaign trail Monday, a day after the 2024 presidential race was thrown into upheaval as President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, leaving the Democratic candidate an open question. Vance,...
Shouldn’t Hung Cao want a spot on a debate stage beside Tim Kaine?
I did the reporter thing, and asked Tim Kaine, at a campaign event in Waynesboro on Saturday, about how he had originally been scheduled to debate Hung Cao in front of the Virginia Bar Association yesterday, instead of stumping in the Valley, when it occurred to me, as Kaine was answering, why am I asking Kaine about this?
Woman buys 6 winning lottery tickets at Virginia convenience store
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A woman in Chesapeake got a $180,000 pay out from the Virginia Lottery last month after buying six winning tickets. Latoya Burke bought her tickets for the Pick 5 game at the Tinee Giant on Jackson Avenue, accoring to a Virginia Lottery release. She chose the...
Virginia: Flash Flooding Possible Along Interstate 95, 3+ Inches Hourly Possible
Wakefield, VA – Showers and isolated thunderstorms are moving across Virginia today, with additional storms expected later. Flash flooding is possible across much of the area, particularly central and eastern parts, as well as northeast North Carolina. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for most areas along and east of Interstate 95, including Richmond Metro and Hampton Roads.
Project focuses on an agricultural community in Chesterfield
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - The Bensley Agrihood Planning Project held a Community and Survey day on Sunday where people living in the area could complete a survey about their needs, wants and opinions on this project, for a $25 Visa gift card. The project is said to create a place...
Kaine addresses Biden's health, 'podunk paper' at Staunton election office opening
STAUNTON – The Democratic Party of Virginia opened a new headquarters in downtown Staunton on Saturday. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine was one of several speakers at the opening, addressing President Joe Biden's health and calls for Biden to resign as the party's presidential nominee. Kaine also criticized his opponent in the Virginia senatorial race, Republican Hung Cao. ...
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