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One key provision to watch as Albemarle County residents head to the polls this Tuesday is the proposed sales tax hike. The county wants to increase the sales tax by one percentage point, pushing the total sales tax rate, combining both local and state, to 6.3%. While an increase from the current 5.3% combined sales tax to 6.3% may seem futile to many administrators in Albemarle, it represents yet another opportunity for a failing bureaucracy to justify taking more of the constituency’s money to bail them out of bad policymaking.
Andrew Miller says data center demand means electricians can earn six figures by age 22, with IBEW apprentices starting at $27 to $28 an hour.
WAYNESBORO — A visitor recently stopped by Berkeley Glenn before heading to the Waynesboro Education Farm behind the elementary school. When signing in, the visitor was told they could just list destination as "classroom" because the farm is an outdoor classroom. Ryan Blosser couldn't have been happier when he heard that story. As the lead educator on the farm, Blosser has known this was a classroom since he took the job, but one of his missions is to convince others of the same thing. When he heard that story he thought, maybe that was happening. The farm program began with a renewable grant awarded in 2019. In the spring of 2021, a group of students from Kate Collins Middle School along with help from Alleghany Mountain Institute began work on the high-yield farm. In 2022, district leaders reevaluated the farm's mission, shifting the primary target from general food access to direct student achievement. Last year students prepared 1,940 meals, had 5,700 lessons tied to Virginia's Standards of Learning and 8,000 hours of instruction on the farm "I'm proud of that number," Blosser said, "because it makes this a classroom." The farm has 1.25 acres fenced in and a third of
Throughout the warmer months, Beverley Street is closed to vehicular traffic on weekends, transforming the downtown corridor into a walkable, pedestrian friendly outdoor marketplace. Business owners say the open street concept has been vital in accommodating the large weekend crowds. “Staunton Antique Center loves Shop and Dine,” store clerk Alice...
RICHMOND — Virginia's biotech growth is drawing schools, industry groups and local governments into a statewide effort to boost the industry's place in the region's economy, state and business leaders said at an Axios event. Why it matters: Education and workforce development efforts are investing in the biopharma talent pipeline earlier, even at the elementary school level, with the potential to connect more Virginians with jobs in the growing sector. Axios' Sabrina Moreno and Brock Turner spoke to Virginia deputy secretary for commerce and trade Kristen Dahlman, Virginia Economic Development Partnership chief of talent and workforce strategy Megan Healy, Virginia Bio CEO John Newby and Goochland County administrator Jeremy Raley. The Oct. 29 event was sponsored by PhRMA. What they're saying: Newby identified funding as a weakness for the region, compared to other biotech hubs like San Francisco and Boston . "So we're strong in all categories. The one category that Virginia in this region is weakest in, vis-à-vis the rest of the country, is funding," Newby said. Virginia Bio, the nonprofit life sciences trade group, is looking to address the funding gap by adding more investors to its board and attending national investment conferences. The intrigue: Raley discussed how
Uber is teaming up with REFORM Alliance, the probation and parole reform non-profit co-founded by Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Michael Rubin, and others, to offer rides to individuals on probation and parole in Pennsylvania and Virginia to skilled-trades training, career opportunities, and union apprenticeships. The partnership, announced Thursday (Oct. 29), covers...
BEDFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - To the average person, it’s just the rumble of a heavy engine. But to Bradley Bays, owner of Bays Boys Trash Removal, it’s the sound of money draining straight from his wallet. Diesel prices pushing near six dollars a gallon are forcing local fleet...
In the final days before the Dominion Energy and NextEra merger case is set to begin at the State Corporation Commission, the companies are responding to a list of recommendations and conditions that staff members at the SCC and the Attorney General’s Office laid out as critical changes needed before commissioners approve the merger. The […]
Camel jerky is sitting in a deli case in rural Virginia right now, and I can’t stop thinking about it. That same shop also sells alligator, elk, and wild boar. Then it turns around and scoops soft-serve for dessert. Once I started digging, the surprises kept stacking up. One...
At Java Jacks in the riverside town of Tappahannock, Va., the sausage is savory, the beignet-like jacks are sugar-dusted and you have your choice of t-shirts. You can get a brightly-colored one with an image of the cafe and its slogan, “Come in, We’re Awesome,” or you can go for something darkly funny that says “Coffee Makes Me Feel Less Murdery.”
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (November 2, 2026) — Enabled Intelligence (EI) has expanded its Virginia headquarters in Falls Church, increasing its footprint to 30,000 square feet as its Virginia workforce reaches 150 employees. The expansion adds secure facilities and creates capacity for additional hiring across the company’s government and commercial operations.
Elon Musk during an America PAC town hall on October 26, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Musk has donated more than $75 million to America PAC, which he co-founded with fellow Silicon Valley venture capitalists and tech businessmen to support Donald Trump — source: Getty Images Elon Musk has called out Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger for not having a white man among her cabinet members. The SpaceX founder replied to Spanberger’s tweet featuring a photo of herself with her seven cabinet members, accusing her of discrimination and racism without providing evidence to support his claims. “Y...
One look at the double-decker building and what it sits alongside on Stoney Creek Boulevard in Edinburg, and it’s easy to guess what the building once was. Yes, back before 1900, a hotel welcomed rail travelers coming out to enjoy fresh country air. When that Eureka Hotel burned down in 1902, it was replaced with the current brick structure with 22 rooms connecting to “a long cool porch.”
A University of Virginia professor warned regional officials Thursday that Virginia’s shrinking power reserves could make brownouts and blackouts a significant risk by 2029. Haydn N. Wadley, PhD, a University of Virginia Professor and the Edgar Starke Professor of Materials Science and Engineering presented a white paper on the state’s electricity options during the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission’s (RRRC) October meeting. […] The post RRRC warned Virginia could face power shortages by 2029 first appeared on The Piedmont Journal Recorder .
Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09) issued the following statement after Dominion Energy asked the State Corporation Commission to recover the costs of. Virginia’s return to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) from its customers:. “Richmond Democrats promised Virginians lower costs. Instead, they slipped RGGI back into the state budget, and...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – UVA Health has acquired the 55-acre, 365,000 square-foot abandoned State Farm building at 1500 State Farm Blvd. in Pantops, which will become home to a outpatient services facility. University of Virginia President Scott Beardsley announced the purchase Friday afternoon during a special Board of Visitors’ meeting.
The compromise also proposes an authorized return on equity of 9.8%, a cap that limits the utility's allowed profit.
As another season of Staunton’s “Shop and Dine Out in Downtown” initiative comes to a close Sunday.
A number of years ago, Virginia Community Food Connections staff stopped using the full name of their organization and reduced it to an acronym. “We’d say ‘VCFC this’ and ‘VCFC that,’ but even people we’d worked with for years couldn’t tell you what that meant or what our real name was,” said Candice Armstrong, the organization’s executive director. “That felt like an issue, because just like all nonprofits in the region and the world, we need funding and people to support our work.”
From elsewhere: Cigarette tax proposal resurfaces in Washington County. Bond rating agencies give Roanoke positive rating. Henry County eyes possible school consolidation. The post Headlines from across Virginia: Danville company to close, 251 will lose jobs; more . . . appeared first on Cardinal News .
