Fairfax County school system touts change to elite magnet school admissions
The proposal touted Tuesday by Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand would eliminate a high-stakes admissions test used to judge applicants for the Thomas Jefferson High School...
View ArticleNewport News School Board votes to find new names for four schools with ties...
The schools — Epes Elementary, Nelson Elementary, Lee Hall Elementary and Dozier Middle — will likely not have new names until next spring.
View ArticleSouthwest Virginia continues to lead state in coronavirus positivity rate
Northam blamed the issue on a “behavior problem,” with residents not following the protocol of wearing facial coverings in indoor settings, avoiding large gatherings and maintaining physical distancing.
View ArticleVirginia reports 845 new coronavirus cases Wednesday
The state’s seven-day percentage of positive PCR tests — the common diagnostic test which detects the virus — declined to 6.9%.
View ArticleNewport News task force to seek out new names for 4 schools
District staff told the school board Tuesday it’d cost about $680,000 to rename the four schools.
View ArticleLiberty University misses self-imposed deadline for COVID-19 dashboard
The News & Advance reports that the university promised by Tuesday to launch a data dashboard, a popular digital tool used by large colleges and universities to disclose the number of COVID-19 case...
View ArticleVirginia Senate panel kills paid sick leave COVID-19 bill
A Virginia Senate committee has killed legislation that would have required employers to provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave for workers who have to quarantine because of COVID-19.
View ArticleSome North Carolina voters mistakenly get 2 absentee ballots
A mixup with the first absentee ballots sent in North Carolina caused some voters to receive two identical ballots for the November general election, according to election officials.
View ArticleHeavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Sally could bring flash flooding to...
Heavy rainfall may move into the area Thursday, and winds over the weekend could cause coastal flooding.
View ArticleVirginia’s electronic gaming machines face ban next year
More than 9,000 electronic gaming machines are currently in circulation in Virginia, but state lawmakers have said the machines will be banned next year.
View ArticleDan Forest pushes for North Carolina schools to reopen without mask mandate
North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said on Wednesday that he would immediately reopen all K-12 public schools without requiring students or teachers to wear masks if he were governor.
View ArticleJust monkeying around: Primate takes phone, then selfies
A Malaysian student whose cellphone was stolen while he was sleeping has tracked down the culprit: a monkey who took photo and video selfies with the device before abandoning it.
View ArticleChesapeake attorney charged with using pawn shop he owned to buy, sell stolen...
Morris Andrew Bander was the owner Portsmouth Pawn, a shop on County Street that shut down last year shortly before two of his employees were charged in connection with the conspiracy.
View ArticleSuffolk police identify 30-year-old man shot by officer
Officers had been looking for the man, who the department said was wanted in Smithfield on charges including malicious shooting.
View ArticleVirginia reports 1,101 new COVID-19 cases, 81 deaths Thursday
The Virginia Department of Health noted there is a data backlog for death data, and officials are working to identify COVID-19-related deaths using death certificates.
View ArticleHampton Roads could see worst coastal flooding since 2015, weather service says
It’s “potentially the worst and longest duration tidal flood event” since Joaquin passed offshore.
View ArticleState lender controlling $80 million in COVID-19 relief has record of sitting...
The Virginia Small Business Financing Authority was recently criticized by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission for being too risk-averse and not lending much of the money it had available.
View ArticleA buggier-than-normal summer in Virginia? Yes — for cicadas.
Only annual cicadas inhabit Tidewater, but 2020 was go-time for a 17-year brood in western parts of the state.
View ArticleVirginian-Pilot, Daily Press, Distinction magazine take home top Virginia...
Thursday’s announcement via YouTube was specifically for the grand prizes and came in lieu of the Virginia Press Association’s annual awards ceremony.
View ArticleNumber of newly unemployed Virginians continues to drop
The Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday that the number of initial claims, the first step in receiving unemployment benefits after being laid off or furloughed, dropped by 1,035 from the...
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