The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approves the $37 million fiscal year 2023-2024 budget . According to the Southside Sentinel the budget passed on a 3 to 2 vote. It includes a 5% increase in salaries for all school and county employees with a contingent that it could go to 7% if the General Assembly … Read more
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is requesting approximately $45,000 for 10 new Tasers. According to News on the Neck the department wants to go to a use of force curriculum that provides officers with options other than deadly force. The department is seeing increasing interaction between deputies and people suffering with mental health issues. The … Read more
The Gloucester County School Board is taken to court by an individual after the board denied a Virginia Freedom of Information Act request. According to the Gazette-Journal the individual requested information from a December 2021 cloised door meeting. That individual petitioned district court on April 13 to force the board to release the information. The … Read more
1st district congressman Rob Wittman visited Essex High School earlier this week and met with AmeriCorps college advisors and 12th grade students to hear about their post-graduation plans. This included going to college to study veterinary sciences, joining the military, entering the music business, and more. Wittman also saw the work AmeriCorps does for students … Read more
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued a drought watch advisory for the Northern Coastal Plain region which includes Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland, Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Lancaster, and Northumberland counties. The advisory is to increase awareness of conditions and facilitate preparation for drought when indicators in the Drought Assessment and Response Plan have been met. Officials … Read more
Rappahannock Community College begins accepting applications on May 1 for admission into the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography with a specialization in echocardiography program. cStudents receive training as qualified cardiac sonographers and prepare to take the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography leading to credentials as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer. … Read more
Over 150 Virginia Employment Commission workers are notified they will be out of a job as of June because of a federal funding reduction. Commissioner Carrie Roth tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch the layoffs will not affect urgent work for adjudicating disputed unemployment claims and hearing appeals of agency decisions. The agency expects to fill 927 … Read more
Gov. Glenn Youngkin stopped at this U.S. airlift hub in western Tokyo on Wednesday to have breakfast with service members and others who have ties to Virginia. According to Stars and Stripes Youngkin was at the Yokota Air Base’s Samurai Cafe for about 90 minutes including a stint in a hairnet and apron on the … Read more
The Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services receives a federal grant to help low-income seniors age in their homes. According to the Augusta Free Press the $1.1 million grant from the the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will provide low-cost, low-barrier, high-impact home modifications to reduce older adults’ risk of falling. It … Read more
The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission announces that financial assistance is available to Middle Peninsula residents required to pump out septic tanks. The funding is available for low-to-moderate income households on a first-come, first-served basis. Approved participants will receive a voucher that covers up to $400 of the cost to uncover and pump out a … Read more