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Schools await details on Youngkin’s plan to boost dual enrollment
Youngkin says he wants all high school students to graduate with college-level associate degrees. Right now, less than 3 percent do.
A majority of Republicans in a recent poll thought Youngkin should run for president. Most also wouldn’t vote for him.
Roanoke College interviewed 652 Virginia residents and found that while a majority of Republicans want Youngkin to run for president, only 39% said they would vote for him; 52% said…
Former Roanoke church building sold for redevelopment; more …
State funds transit projects in Southwest Virginia, Richmond, Loudoun. Virginia Tech helmet ratings expand to include equestrians.
Hard Rock breaks ground on casino in Bristol; more …
From elsewhere: Air board takes another step toward leaving RGGI. June primary to decide March, Williams GOP contest. Virginia to get $16.8 million in $434.9 million Juul settlement agreement.
Politics
Special prosecutor clears Pulaski County officials from conspiracy allegations over Del. March’s event venue
Delegate Marie March of Floyd County sought a criminal probe by state police over an ongoing zoning laws dispute. Prosecutors said evidence didn’t offer “even reasonable suspicion, much less probable cause” that Pulaski officials had broken the law.
Economy
Stores dedicated to unregulated ‘skill game’ machines proliferate in Bristol
Bristol planned to ask stores to cease operations prior to Monday, when a judge extended an injunction allowing games to continue.
Culture
Heritage aims for repeat of 2018 title game in Saturday’s football state championship
On Dec. 11, 2021, with the Class 3 high school football state championship game being played minutes from his home, Brad Bradley did what many football coaches might not have done. He stayed home. “I couldn’t stand the thought of being there,” said Bradley, the football coach at Heritage High School in Lynchburg. “I am…
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news briefs
Liberty professor to become first dean of public health at Appalachian College of Pharmacy; more . . .
NIH group awards grant for four projects to Tech, UVa, Carilion group. Speaker to talk about oral health and pregnancy outcomes. Virginia Tech librarians win award.
weather
Greenland block and a loosening polar vortex suggest a chance of December snow … if Pacific sled brake releases
Developing atmospheric patterns in northern latitudes correlate with some of Virginia’s most memorable winter periods. But for Virginia to have its greatest chance of snow, another high-pressure system needs to form over western North America, and it’s not there yet.
OPinion
The Democratic vote in rural Virginia is concentrated in just a few places
Virginia Public Access Project maps give new insight into the election returns. Votes for Democrats were concentrated in a few areas, making it impossible to draw a Democratic district in this part of the state.
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