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3 days ago · Tight race looms in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District as Anderson and Vindman face off. BY Charlie Paullin - October 10, 2024. About 38% of Americans think mental health isn’t adequately treated. Va.’s working to change that. BY Charlotte Rene Woods - October 10, 2024.
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Oct 11, 2024 · The federal government approved a major disaster declaration for Virginia on Wednesday, which will allow residents, businesses and local governments in Southwest Virginia reeling from Hurricane Helene’s deadly impact to apply for funding to aid their recovery efforts. In a news release, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced ...
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Oct 4, 2024 · BY: Markus Schmidt - October 7, 2024. The morning of Monday, April 16, 2007, is forever etched in Virginia Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Kaine’s memory. On that tragic day, Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate student at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, killed 32 people and wounded 17 others in a mass shooting before taking his own life.
Dominion pushes for renewables, more natural gas in latest long …
1 day ago · Dominion’s revamped, non-binding Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) looks 15 years into the future to detail how power will be provided and calls for an “all-of-the-above” approach that includes more reliance on natural gas. The utility’s previous plan projection said about 95% of electricity generation would be pulled from renewable sources.
Democrat Gloria Witt surpasses 5th District GOP rival John …
1 day ago · In a significant fundraising boost, Democrat Gloria Witt for the first time has outpaced her Republican opponent, state Sen. John McGuire, R-Goochland, in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, with only weeks until the Nov. 5 election. Witt’s campaign reported having pulled in $218,627 in the third quarter ending Sept. 30, as opposed to McGuire, who raised […]
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears announces run for Virginia governor
Sep 6, 2024 · Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears presides over the Senate. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears on Thursday evening officially announced her candidacy for governor of Virginia in the upcoming 2025 election, aiming to become the nation’s first Black female governor. Sears made history in 2022 by becoming the first Black woman in ...
The Mercury’s most read stories of 2023 • Virginia Mercury
Jan 1, 2024 · As we embark on a fresh year of covering the weirdness and wonder of Virginia, here’s a glimpse at the stories that resonated with you most. 1. Virginia Democrats triumph in statehouse elections, reducing Youngkin’s power. The rest of the country may already be fixated on the 2024 presidential election, but Virginians were clearly more ...
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Sep 17, 2024 · Shuttered Va. Boar’s Head plant workers speak out after listeria outbreak and more state headlines BY: Staff Report - September 16, 2024 • “Virginia voters support school cellphone bans, Post-Schar School poll finds.”—Washington Post • “Employees speak out after Virginia Boar’s Head plant announces shut down.”—WRIC • “Maryland, Virginia beaches closed to swimming after ...
Virginia Election Day 2023: Live coverage
Nov 7, 2023 · By: Nathaniel Cline - 6:55 pm. A polling place in Hanover County on Nov. 7, 2023. (Samantha Willis/Virginia Mercury) As Election Day drew to a close, the outcome of a referendum that could transform Hanover County’s school board into an elected instead of an appointed body remained unclear.
So this was 2022, for better and for worse • Virginia Mercury
Dec 30, 2022 · In 2020, three were killed and 46 were injured in Virginia mass shootings. Nearly half of 2022’s deaths occurred this fall. They include the Nov. 13 slaying of three University of Virginia football players on a bus returning from a class trip to Washington. A fourth player was wounded and a female student was also injured.