Governor Glenn Youngkin proclaimed November as Diabetes Awareness Month. The Department of Health reports more than 630, 000 residents are living with some form of the disease while over 2.1 million Virginians have prediabetes with most unaware of it. VDH is encouraging Virginians to learn more about diabetes and check their status to see if … Read more
The Colonial Beach school division abd divisions in Essex, Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties receive Virginia Department of Education grants for school security equipment. The grants will fund surveillance cameras, communication systems and visitor badging systems among other measures. Officials say awards were given to schools with the highest need for modern security equipment and … Read more
The Walter Reed Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gloucester County is recognized in Newsweek magazine’s America’s Best Nursing Homes 2023. The Gazette-Journal reports the award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., a statistics portal and industry ranking provider. 17 nursing homes in Virginia and 475 nursing homes across 25 states were recognized. The list … Read more
The Town of Warsaw grants a loan to a new medica`l practice for work on its parking lot and façade improvements at that site. News on the Neck reports the $15,000 loan to Anchor Primary Care has a 10-year term with 3% interest. The loan was approved by a committee of of town and county … Read more
Rappahannock Community College is now enrolling for the spring 2023 semester. The college offers a rolling admissions process allowing students to begin and continue their educational journey when the timing is right for them. Financial aid is available and students can apply for scholarships and state sources like G3 and FastForward. RCC Navigators and Financial … Read more
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s Director – Enterprise Analytics and Innovation Eugene Hamrick is named in the Top 25 Thought Leaders in Utility Analytics by the Utility Analytics Institute. It is a top advisory group for utilities on analytics efforts and those named thought leaders are professionals who are most active in the industry’s community and share … Read more
Mothers Against Drunk Driving honoired four deputies with the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office for their outstanding efforts in highway safety through enforcement of DUI laws. The recognition occurred last month at the organization’s awatd ceremony. Sheriff C.O. Balderson says he is extremely proud of each deputy for their efforts to prevent injury and save lives … Read more
The Northern Neck Master Gardeners participated in Virginia’s “Catch the King” tide program which uses citizen-science to aid in GPS flood data collection throughout coastal Virginia. 130 tide mappers from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula earned the distinction of providing the most data points of any region along Virginia’s coastline. Mapping events were held … Read more
Governor Glenn Youngkin is speaking to hundreds of tourism professionals today during the Summit Kickoff Celebration for the 2022 Governor’s Tourism Summit. Youngkin is expected to highlight Virginia’s strength as a tourist destination and ways tourism can contribute to the Commonwealth’s economic growth as the state continues to meet and exceed pre-pandemic tourism revenues. This … Read more
A study conducted for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission finds Virginia undergraduate students with the most need for financial aid are not getting enough to pay their tuition. 8 News reports the study found the unmet financial need for tuition and fees in the 2020-21 school year totaled $162 million after all possible … Read more