Five candidates are vying for four seats on the Danville school board.
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Lynchburg’s Ward I council race rivals Roanoke’s mayor’s race in campaign cash
The latest campaign finance reports show how spending in Lynchburg Ward I tops spending in other local races across Southwest and Southside.
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America’s most decorated female cyclist in Olympic history returns to Roanoke Valley where she trained
Jennifer Valente has won five Olympic medals.
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Green Pastures community listening session to be held Oct. 21; more…
Henry County seeks public input on comprehensive plan. Scott County added to disaster unemployment assistance declaration. Youngkin announces board appointments.
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Youngkin to create office to track recovery from Helene; more …
From elsewhere: Virginia Department of Medical Services to tap reserve fund to cover delayed payments amid Medicaid unwinding. Dominion files energy plan that includes more wind, nuclear. Gordon Ramsay restaurant to open at Danville casino site.
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Did a derecho help defeat Gen. Cornwallis at Yorktown?
A violent windstorm scattered British flatboats on the York River more than 100 years before the term “derecho” would be coined to describe extreme squall lines.
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Virginia had its own ‘tea party.’ This year marks the 250th anniversary of the one in Yorktown.
The event was very similar to the one in Boston, just on a smaller scale.
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250 years ago, this forgotten founder won the ‘first battle of the American Revolution’
Andrew Lewis helped lead Virginians to victory over the Shawnee in 1774 and later chased the royal governor out of Virginia but felt he wasn’t given his proper due.
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Podcast on ‘forgotten founder’ Andrew Lewis
Garrett Channell is executive director of the Salem History Museum and Historical Society.
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Dispatch from 1774: Settlers massacre Mingo near the Ohio River, prompt ‘Lord Dunmore’s war’
For much of 1774, Virginia was distracted from its conflicts with Britain by military action against the natives.
