The Riverheads High School Gladiators eye their 7th straight Class 1 football title as the George Wythe Maroons bid for an upset. This will be the Maroons’ first championship game since 2012.
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Posted inPolitics
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.
Posted inOpinion
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 they would vote for Trump.
Posted inNews Briefs
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.
Posted inNews Briefs
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.
Posted inVHSL Football
Heritage aims for repeat of 2018 title game in Saturday’s football state championship
Lynchburg’s Heritage Pioneers will meet the Phoebus Phantoms of Hampton on Saturday to determine the 2022 Class 3 champion. In 2018, Heritage defeated Phoebus 24-20 to take the title.
Posted inSports
Tech, UVa basketball teams open with combined 34-1 record, plus sports notes from across the region
With no indication how long it will hold up, the Virginia and Virginia Tech men’s and women’s basketball teams have opened the season with a combined record that is seeminglyuntouchable. The UVa men are 8-0 and the Cavalier women are 10-0. In Blacksburg, the Tech men are 8-1 and the Hokie women are 8-0. So, […]
Posted inWeather
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.
Posted inEconomy
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.
Posted inOpinion
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.
