Lord Dunmore set up on Gwynn’s Island, but disease swept through his ranks. Then Andrew Lewis arrived with cannons.
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Freedom isn’t free. Ann McCarty Ramsay helped raise the money for the revolution.
Legend says that Ramsay was so esteemed for her fundraising that she was named treasurer of Fairfax County and Alexandria. That can’t be confirmed, but she was a prolific fundraiser.
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Dispatch from 1776: Four events have made us independent
The Declaration of Independence gets the attention, but there were four events, in quick succession in late June and early July 1776, that all constituted acts of independence: Virginia adopted a constitution that declared a formal break, Congress voted for independence, Congress then adopted a Declaration of Independence, and, finally, Virginia’s royal governor was driven away following a battle by the Chesapeake Bay.
Posted inPolitics
Spanberger: $7.3 million to be disbursed to rebuild housing damaged by Helene
The commonwealth received the money in 2025 through a federal Housing and Urban Development Department disaster relief block grant program.
Posted inLocal
Unprecedented growth shapes Pittsylvania County’s long-range planning efforts
The county’s comprehensive plan has not been thoroughly updated since 2010, and the zoning code has not had a rewrite since 1991 — with no guidance for battery storage facilities, solar projects or data centers.
Posted inOpinion
Health of former Salem man being held in Russian prison is ‘deteriorating,’ advocates say
The U.S. embassy has only spoken to Chuck Zimmerman once in more than a year of captivity. It’s unclear if the embassy has tried to contact him more often.
Posted inEconomy
Cardinal Commerce Notes: Tuggle’s Gap Restaurant reopens on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Plus: Wingstop appears to be headed to Vinton, Bedford County joins the Roanoke Regional Partnership, learn how to share your thoughts about Virginia’s new paid family and medical leave program and Columbia Gas is starting work on Main Street in Covington.
Posted inOpinion
Webert: Show your work, governor
Virginians should ask a simple question: If a regulation is worth imposing on millions of citizens, why shouldn’t government be required to show its work?
Posted inOpinion
Bonds: New tool offers transparency on local jails’ cooperation with ICE and creates new opportunities for public engagement
Jails across the state regularly hold individuals who have no criminal charges on behalf of ICE. Looking at the numbers, five jails stand out. Two of those are in the Roanoke Valley.
Posted inNews Briefs
Headlines from across the state: Cash App parent company to pay $45 million in multistate fraud settlement, Virginia attorney general says; more …
From elsewhere: Virginia joins rooftop solar initiative to help residents trim electric bills. Buckingham County board adopt solar ordinance changes. Boston firm tapped to turn Confederate statue into monument to racial diversity.
