Farm markets throughout Virginia seem to have an abundance of seasonal fruits and vegetables ripe and ready for sale. Officials say the crops windfall is due, in part, to the farm’s low tunnels which allow them to get a jump on the growing season, along with that warm blast in February, which initiated a lot … Read more
More people are working post pandemic in Virginia. In the latest filing week, the Virginia Employment Commission reports that the week ending April 8 had fewer unemployment claims from the week before, marking a year long trend in the Commonwealth. Continued weeks claimed totaled 11,681, a decrease of 142 claims from the week before but … Read more
Democrats are gearing up for an uphill battle to stake claim of the newly-created Third Senate District seat. Jade Harris, the former vice mayor of Glasgow, is on the ballot as the Democratic nominee in the far-flung district, which stretches from Staunton “STAN-ton” and Waynesboro down I-81 to the Roanoke suburbs. Harris will face Botetourt … Read more
[n/kilmarnock] VDOT is asking for community feedback on a plan for a new traffic pattern in Warsaw, just north of Kilmarnock (Kill MAR Nick). The department will hold a public hearing today [Tue] on the design plan that involves reducing Rt. 360 to three wider lanes, including one through traffic in each direction and a … Read more
ESSEX COUNTY – Additional charges are forthcoming for an Essex County man arrested for back to back burglaries, KQSO reports. Patrick S. Banker was taken into custody in connection to a February 20 burglary at Bradley’s Convenience Store in St. Stephens where authories say the 33 year old broke into the building twice within an … Read more
The process to bring a Dollar General and Tractor Supply store to Saluda is moving forward now that the Middlesex Planning Commission issued preliminary approval for the two store’s site plans. The Southside Sentinel reports the Tractor Supply store is planned for the west end of Saluda on General Puller Highway near U.S. Route 17 … Read more
The Irvington Planning Commission votes to recommend issuing a short-term rental permit for 42 Steamboat Road but votes against recommending a permit for 31 Spring Street in Vineyard Grove. The Rappahannock Record reports the votes came after a well-attended public hearing with severl residents speaking out against the Sprting Street application. The commission will next … Read more
Representatives from Lancaster, Mathews and Middlesex counties are joining officials with Breezeline for a special event in Richmond marking the completion of a new $7.2 million, 150-mile fiber-broadband network that brings high-speed connectivity to more than 1,400 homes and businesses.The project was funded through a Virginia Telecommunication Initiative grant administered by the Department of Housing … Read more
A fire damaged the West Mathews Community League building in Bohannon. According to the Gazette-Journal a riding lawnmower caught fire and the flames spread to the outside of the building causing damage to the siding. Crews from the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science received a grant from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for the Institute’s proposal to create a co-culture of native grazers species with established farmed bivalves. According to the Gazette-Journal the approximately $570,000 federal grant funds four projects to explore promising, but less commercially-developed, technologies for finfish and shellfish … Read more