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Posted inCulture
‘We have to figure out how to deal with the water in a better way’
A year after a flash flood killed one person and left dozens of families homeless in the Buchanan County community of Hurley, cleanup continues. So does planning for how to keep the next flood from wreaking such devastation.
Posted inHealthcare
A decade ago, Roanoke leaders took a chance on a new way of helping people with addiction. Today, the Hope Initiative serves nearly 1,000 people a year.
The Hope Initiative focuses on addiction as a health crisis instead of a police matter. It helps connect people in active drug addiction to treatment resources nearby.
Posted inOpinion
Now that Virginia has a budget, 5 questions about what happens next
The adoption of a budget ends one chapter and opens another. Here are the highlights.
Posted inCardinal News 250
Jefferson wanted to condemn slavery in the Declaration of Independence. Congress said no.
Jefferson also wanted to condemn Lord Dunmore’s Emancipation Proclamation that offered freedom to Virginia’s slaves in exchange for fighting with the British, but Congress watered that down to the point where you wouldn’t recognize it unless you knew the back story.
Posted inPolitics
General Assembly passes Spanberger’s budget amendments, biennial budget is finalized
The House and Senate approved all 14 of Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s amendments to the spending bill in a move that brought an end to the nearly half-year-long budget uncertainty.
Posted inEconomy
Cardinal Commerce Notes: Share your thoughts on Columbia Gas’ rate increase request
Plus: Columbia Gas finishes a new Covington facility, Ringana property sale tops $9 million, Botetourt supervisors OK grocery store and a new bookstore opens in Collinsville.
Posted inOpinion
Former higher education attorney: The new cold war in higher education
Name, Image and Likeness has become the higher-ed equivalent of an arms race. Wealthy institutions with deep donor pools can assemble powerful collectives that attract top athletes, who in turn drive enrollment, visibility and revenue. Smaller institutions cannot match the pace.
Posted inNews Briefs
Headlines from across the state: Farmers, retailers worry as state and federal regulations for hemp, marijuana shift; more …
From elsewhere: Mayor addresses Richmond city embezzlement investigation as second suspect is charged. Lineburg named Mecklenburg’s next school superintendent. Virginia, French wines to face off in Paris judging.
Posted inLocal
Lynchburg Fire Department assessment calls for hiring process overhaul with emphasis on diversity
The report outlines 14 areas of improvement that the city’s incoming fire chief, who starts July 1, should address in the department’s climate, culture and human resources practices.
Posted inCardinal News 250
Jefferson gets the acclaim for independence, but it was another Virginian who first proposed a formal break from Britain
Richard Henry Lee has become something of a forgotten founder, reduced to a comic figure in the musical “1776” or ignored altogether. But he was the one who first formally proposed that the Continental Congress declare the Colonies independent.
Posted inEconomy
Investment firm to buy troubled tech company Luna Innovations
The company, formerly headquartered in Roanoke, had recently settled a class-action lawsuit for $7.3 million, after plaintiffs alleged securities fraud.