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Hurricane evacuation is first test of system; Rocky tech breakup continues; Thumb drive could exonerate murder suspect and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Order is first test of evacuation system As expected, Hurricane Florence is dominating the news today. Northam’s evacuation order is the state’s first test of a zone-based evacuation protocol rolled out last year. But officials stress the storm’s impact won’t be limited to the […]
Hurricane heading our way; State official apologizes for sharing Nike boycott post; Opioid overflow in Henrico and more Dick Black and Syria
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. There’s a hurricane headed in our general direction The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s staff meteorologist John Boyer reports it’s still too soon to know whether the storm will bring hazardous weather to Virginia, but the current forecast merits attention and preparedness. Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state […]
Feeling ‘the love’ for Assad; DOC contests solitary confinement allegations; More pipeline treesitters and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. State Sen. Dick Black, R-Loudoun, made another trip to Syria, where the state news service reported “he sensed the love of the Syrian people for [Assad’s] army and leadership.” – The Washington Post The Virginia Department of Corrections said allegations that a mentally ill […]
Solitary confinement challenged; A ‘desperate smear’ in Spanberger-Brat race; Va. AG takes on opioid pill pushers
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Mentally ill man held in solitary for 12 years The ACLU of Virginia and the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center are suing the Virginia Department of Corrections, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The suit says convicted murderer Nicolas Reyes’ “mental health has deteriorated greatly over the […]
Kaine, Stewart campaign through weekend; back to school through metal detectors; after Red Hen, Rockbridge frees up money for positive messaging
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Va. Senate: Opioids, Trump and Labor Day The long weekend brings us lots of news from the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Tim Kaine and GOP challenger Corey Stewart. Stewart blamed Medicaid and cheap prescription prices for the opioid crisis and says […]
USPS: Spanberger release a mistake; New utility bill has a big price tag; Arrests at Albemarle meeting about Confederate symbols
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Postal Service says release of Spanberger security form was a mistake The U.S. Postal Service acknowledged it released Democratic congressional hopeful Abigail Spanberger’s security clearance application to a GOP group collecting opposition research. The USPS said the release was due to “human error,” Patrick Wilson at the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. […]
Inquiry into release of Spanberger’s security form; Newport News dreams big; Albemarle disavows Trump ‘chicken’ and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Post Office ‘looking into’ whether it released Spanberger’s personnel file Former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat running for Congress against Rep. Dave Brat, a Richmond-area Republican, accused a Republican PAC of obtaining her unredacted security clearance illegally. But it looks like the […]
Candidate says PAC illegally got her security clearance; Restraints in public schools; Vikings batted climate change and other headlines
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. Spangberger says PAC illegally obtained her federal security clearance application The former CIA officer running for Congress against Dave Brat, Abigail Spanberger, says there’s no way the Republican group could have gotten the document legally, The New York Times reports. The PAC, meanwhile, insists […]
A police-shooting jury award; more money for opioid treatment; 5th district race sinks deeper into mud
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. After four hours of deliberation, a jury found two Virginia Beach police officers acted with gross negligence when they shot and killed a Navy veteran in 2015. The jury cleared two other officers. They recommended $800,000 in compensation be paid to her estate. – The […]
Low expectations for special session; A new tally on fraudulent signatures and Confederate imagery in Albemarle schools
Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere. The special session of the General Assembly called by Gov. Northam this week to redraw House districts in response to a federal court ruling isn’t expected to yield new maps or much of anything else. – WVTF Tim Kaine and Corey Stewart appeared together at a Virginia […]
Documenting hundreds of mentally ill people who died in jail; more long prison sentences for white supremacist rally attendees
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere.Hundreds of deaths, brutal treatment The Virginian-Pilot’s Gary A Harki is out with a massive and beautifully presented investigation into the terrible treatment mentally ill receive in the nation’s jails, no doubt prompted by a string of deaths in Hampton Roads Regional Jail. As part […]
SOL pass rates down; more on Republicans’ Corey Stewart angst; a clinic for truckers
NEWS TO KNOW Our daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and elsewhere.SOL pass rates are down across the state They dropped slightly in every subject, with 79 percent of students passing in reading, 78 percent passing in writing, 77 percent passing in math, 81 percent passing in science and 84 percent passing in history and […]