News Staff A heads up if you use Route 14 between Gloucester and the West Point area. Beginning Wednesday a section one mile west of the intersection with Route 17 will be closed for a bridge replacement project over Poropotank Creek. The existing bridge was built in 1938 and is considered structurally deficient. Through traffic will be … Read more
Governor Ralph Northam plans to introduce a bill abolishing the death penalty in Virginia. He told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that he’s felt strongly about it for a long time, and it would be in-line with his efforts to ensure equity and reform the criminal justice system. The state has conducted 113 executions since the death … Read more
Governor Ralph Northam is laying out his plans for 2021. He gave his State of the Commonwealth speech last night and spoke on his plans to legalize marijuana and his support for legislation that would end Virginia’s death penalty. The Governor also noted how the state has more money than first anticipated based on revenues. … Read more
Amid the continued severe lockdowns and restrictions imposed by Governor Northam, the number of initial jobless claims filed last week here in Virginia, jumped a staggering 64.3% to more than 19,000… that according to figures released on Thursday by the Virginia Employment Commission. For the week ending January 2, 19,530 Virginians filed initial claims for … Read more
This week, Governor Northam provided his first COVID-19 update of 2021. The health crisis remains critical with cases at the highest point since the first reported case in March 2020. According to statistical modeling conducted by the University of Virginia, cases will continue to rise through Valentine’s Day. The governor believes that broad immunization will … Read more
Tragedy in Virginia… At least three people are dead following a domestic incident in Prince William County. Police say that 21-year-old Asa Ellington Mitchell turned a gun on himself after killing his father and another person in Manassas on Wednesday night. Three other family members, including a teenager, were all injured in the incident. Authorities … Read more
Despite Governor Northam’s severe lockdowns and restrictions… viewed as some of the strictest in the country… skyrocketing coronavirus infections are keeping Virginia health officials very busy during the first week of 2021. According to the Virginia Department of Health, five-thousand-387 new cases were added on Wednesday. That data has increased the state’s positivity rate to … Read more
Serious violence in our nation’s capitol has prompted a swift response by Virginia. Members of the Virginia National Guard were dispatched to Washington, D.C. In addition, 200 Virginia State troopers were dispatched to assist Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department. Thousands of peaceful Pro-Trump demonstrators gathered in Washington yesterday to protest what they claimed … Read more
All Virginians are being given rights to drive a motor vehicle…. even those who legally are not Virginians! It is all thanks to the new Driver Privilege Card that Governor Ralph Northam championed, and is being offered to anyone regardless of their immigration status. The I-D cards are for folks that are residents of the … Read more
Eviction protection for thousands of Virginians has come to a screeching halt. As of Friday, the eviction process can begin to move forward under certain circumstances. That includes if the tenant takes more than two-weeks to pay or if the tenant is denied state aid. Residents could also be in trouble if the rent relief … Read more