Close to a dozen full-time Virginia Office of Drinking Water workers will be keeping their jobs after a budgeting mistake threatened to leave them out of a job to start 2022. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch Gov. Ralph Northam learned of the impending layoffs through the media and put a stop to it. Three part … Read more
Around 100 Middlesex County property owners who were not happy about the new assessed values filed complaints with officials. According to the Southside Sentinel reassesments are done every 4 to 5 years with the last taking effect in January of 2017. The county’s third party firm which did the reassesments says Virginia law requires properties … Read more
Virginia’s redistricting process which is necessary after new census data is released will take a little longer in Lancaster & Northumberland Counties. According to News on the Neck officials from both counties will not get their redistricting completed by the end of the year. Northumberland will employ a joint effort between county staff and a … Read more
The New Year is less than 2 weeks away and thoughts will then turn to tax season so the Middlesex Taxaide team is getting ready to prepare those returns. According to the Southside Sentinel information forms will be available Jan. 24 at the Deltaville and Urbanna libraries and at the Cryer Center. Once the forms … Read more
The Lancaster County Board of Supervisors passes a resolution affirming the First Amendment rights under the federal and state constitutions. According to News on the Neck the resolution says the board fully affirms and will uphold to the full extent the powers vested in its constitutional rights. The move follows a similar one in Westmoreland … Read more
The Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squaq is asking to public to not do any outdoor burning of any kind. Fire Prevention Officer Lt. Tony Villani tells the Gazette-Journal that high winds and dry conditions are leading to increased fire danger. He says they’ve had several calls where burning leaves or other outdoor fires have … Read more
Governor Ralph Northam’s office announced crews may have located the more-than-130-year-old time capsule believed to have been buried in the base of the former Robert E. Lee memorial in Richmond. The statue was removed in September and searchers tried then to find the 1887 time capsule which according to historians was referenced in a newspaper … Read more
Another Virginia agency is hit by a cybersecurity breach. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced its systems were compromised in November forcing their website to shut down. Officials say no sensitive data or personal information was accessed and there is no connection between this incident and the one last … Read more
Retail recreational marijuana sales could start as soon as 2023 if the General Assembly decides to adopt a recommendation from its Cannabis Oversight Commission. According to 8 News the commission is suggesting approving legalized retail sales by next June which would allow for 6 months to get regulations in place. When legalization was approved earlier … Read more
Virginia’s unemployment is now below what it was before COVID-19. According to Gov. Ralph Northam’s office November unemployment is 3.4% which is nearly 2-1/2 percentage points lower than this time in 2020. It’s the 18th month in a row that unemployment has dropped from the previous month. The national rate is 4.2%. The leisure and … Read more