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DNA program ends after 13 years; school bus driver shortages; and Richmond’s ‘Tank Man’ is ‘just chilling’
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Virginia’s Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program is wrapping up after 13 years. The initiative resulted in the exoneration of nine men who were convicted of crimes they didn’t commit. – Richmond Times-Dispatch State Sen. Bill Stanley, who has been touring decrepit school buildings around the […]
Kaine, Stewart clash; Abortion law challenges proceed; Liberty sends students to support Kavanaugh; Three little pigs in Chesapeake and more headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Tim Kaine and Corey Stewart debated in McLean Stewart, desperately low in the polls, was on the attack, among other things insinuating without evidence that Kaine had been subject of sexual harassment complaints. “You just tried to slip in that there were complaints […]
Spanberger leads Brat in new poll; state doles out licenses for marijuana oil; Bob Woodward visits VCU; James Comey calls Trump’s presidency a “forest fire,” and more.
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Spanberger leads Brat in poll Former CIA officer and Democratic congressional hopeful Abigail Spanberger is leading U.S. Rep. Dave Brat 47-42 percent according to a Monmouth University poll. “This is a tale of two districts,” Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling […]
Tangier gets an expensive jetty; Stewart attempts to court Asian voters; Women in Roanoke walk out over Kavanaugh and more.
Virginia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have agreed to build a $2.6 million stone jetty to protect Tangier Island’s harbor. The island, home to 450, is sinking into the Chesapeake Bay and could be uninhabitable in 25 to 50 years. – The Washington Post The commonwealth’s attorney prosecuting two Lynchburg police officers who shot […]
Cops: Law against naming victims is a hindrance; DACA kids remain in limbo; Lee County’s bid to arm teachers denied; Two-headed snake seeks forever home and more
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. The number of women jailed in Virginia is surging, according to a new ACLU of Virginia report, which blames substance abuse, zealous prosecution of minor crimes and mental health issues. – The Virginian-Pilot A law passed this year that prevents police from naming juvenile […]
Port’s cranes won’t be hit with tariffs; Norfolk federal office ‘rife’ with racist behavior; Henry County has the meats; and more headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Massive cranes the Port of Virginia is planning to import from China were removed from the list of goods the Trump administration plans to hit with stiff new tariffs, saving the port about $10 million. – The Virginian-Pilot A federal investigation into the Department […]
Calls to ban Confederate imagery in Albemarle schools; conforming the tax code; coal jobs bottom out and other news
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. The National Weather Service said more than five tornadoes touched down in Richmond on Monday. – WVTF A Louisa County man died when his truck was swept into flash flooding Tuesday brought by the remnants of Hurricane Florence. It’s the second weather related death in the state in […]
Deadly tornadoes rip through Richmond area; Corey Stewart gonna Corey Stewart; college students can’t find stamps and other news
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. A man was killed in Chesterfield County when a series of tornadoes ripped through the Richmond area. The weather service issued 19 tornado warnings over the course of the afternoon, delaying school dismissals and prompting thousands to seek shelter in basements, stairwells and […]
Flooding in Danville; the Macker tests the waters in Iowa; moving graves for a tech park; judges won’t take over redistricting now; and other news
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Officials in Danville are nervously watching the Dan River, which could surpass its major flood stage threshold this afternoon as a result of rain from Florence. — Danville Register & Bee Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe is planning a trip to Iowa this week to […]
Florence hits North Carolina; Albemarle jail will continue notifying ICE; State retirement system hands out bonuses and other news
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. As storm hits N.C., prep winds down in Va As Florence makes landfall in North Carolina, storm preparations were winding down in Virginia, where forecasters now expect the storm to bring only three to six inches of rain. Officials in Hampton Roads began shutting down storm […]
The latest on Florence; Roanoke schools stock up on Narcan; Grapes stolen from winery; When casino opens ‘you won’t need drugs to be happy’ and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Governor maintains mandatory evacuations; local officials say wait and see Everyone seems pretty confident at this point that the Florence has veered far enough away from Virginia to no longer pose a major public safety hazard. But, citing the storm’s unpredictability, Gov. Ralph Northam said […]
Virginia officials relieved by new Florence track and other hurricane news; Stormy Daniels coming to Richmond club; Kaine, Stewart hold town halls
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Florence now tracking south of Virginia The storm is expected to make landfall in southeastern North Carolina late Thursday or early Friday. Emergency officials in Virginia sound relieved. “It appears to significantly lower our concern about 10 to 20 inches of rain, which is where we […]