2+ week, 5+ day ago (31+ words) Barbara Comstock of McLean is a Republican who represented Virginia's 10th Congressional District. The White House assault on diversity programs is bad policy, bad law and very bad politics for ......

3+ week, 4+ day ago (36+ words) Ben Freeman, of the Quincy Institute, is a co-author of the soon-to-be released book, "The Trillion Dollar War Machine." Let's work to craft policies that support and respect our veterans, rather than ......

1+ week, 2+ day ago (33+ words) Dr. Robert R. Redfield, a former Centers of Disease and Control Prevention director, spent 20 years at Walter Reed Medical Center. He is associate director of the Institute of Human Virology at the ......

1+ week, 6+ day ago (578+ words) For 70 years, Eggleston, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Norfolk, has been providing vocational training and employment opportunities for disabled Tidewater citizens. Eggleston, named for local philanthropist Louise W. Eggleston, was initially established as the Tidewater Vocational Center in 1955 and later renamed to honor Eggleston for her generosity in bequeathing a building to house the organization's operations. "We've come a long way," said Paul Atkinson Jr., vice president of business operations for Eggleston. "We've grown exponentially." While Eggleston manages a number of business entities, ranging from document conversion and shredding to laundry services, the company's automotive center is probably the most unique of all its business models. Eggleston's auto donation platform has prospered for more than 25 years. It has proven to be a significant fundraiser for the organization. Proceeds from the auto center's auctions subsidize programs for individuals with disabilities which might…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago (365+ words) I learned a few weeks ago that the superintendent of schools in Fairfax County must have a security detail with her. Recently, five school board members in Henrico County each had a security guard assigned to protect them as they conducted a town hall meeting. Really? As a proud member of the "Baby Boomer" generation, I believe one major factor contributing to the escalation of anger in America is the way people get their news. In the early 1950s when televisions first began to appear in homes, there were locally only two channels, CBS and NBC. Local and national news and weather only occupied an hour a day from 6-7 p.m. Newscasters gave us the straight facts with no opinion expressed; the audience had no idea the newscasters" personal political leanings. CNN, founded by Ted Turner, introduced in 1980 the first "24/7 newscycle" cable television…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago (625+ words) Starting Sunday afternoon, Mike Jones" Old Dominion basketball team " 0-5 away from home " hopes to get off the schneid with back-to-back-to-back games at William and Mary, Richmond and George Mason. Followed by a home date against James Madison. It"s an opportunity for the Monarchs to pick up a few in-state bragging points before Sun Belt play begins. Saturday night live: Virginia is a better team than Virginia Tech and is playing at home. But for a series in which Tech has won 23 of the last 25, odds favoring the Cavaliers by 9 " or more points seem a bit generous. Future watch: Virginia is striving to reach the ACC championship game while these appendages to the regular season still exist. With a 12-team " soon to be 16 " national playoff, conference title games are falling out of favor in the power leagues. In passing: The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (615+ words) The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness had both decided to leave the corporation. Britain's publicly funded national broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington. Critics said that the way the speech was edited for a BBC documentary last year was misleading and cut out a section where Trump said that he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully. In a letter to staff, Davie said quitting the job after five years "is entirely my decision." "Overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as director-general I have to take ultimate responsibility," Davie said. He said that he was "working through exact timings with the Board to allow for an orderly transition to a successor over the coming months." Turness…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago (1752+ words) Castle Shops, a 37,390-square-foot discount and service-based retail strip center on 2.57 acres, was sold for $5.4 million. Jeff Fritz and Jay O'Donnell represented the seller, while George Fox was leasing adviser. Northbridge acquired Airport Business Center, 1457 Miller Store Road, Virginia Beach, from DSC Partners. Airport Business Center is a hyper-infill, 65,192square foot ClassA shallow bay property on 4.57 acres located adjacent to Norfolk International Airport. Eric Robison and Bo McKown of Thalhimer's Capital Markets Group represented the seller. M.A.R.E. Holdings, LLC purchased a half acre of land at 5129 Singleton Way from Princess Anne/Witchduck Associates 1 for $1.15 million. Marci Phillips represented the buyer. Atlantic Union Bank recently signed a full floor lease for approximately 12,000 square feet at One Columbus Center, located in the heart in Town Center in Virginia Beach. The new tenant's presence brings Armada Hoffler's Town Center office portfolio to 99% occupancy. Divaris Real…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (551+ words) WILLIAMSBURG " The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has filed a legal notice in The Virginian Pilot seeking to claim property placed in its care nearly 40 years ago. According to the notice, which appeared in the Norfolk-based newspaper on Oct. 18 and 25, a copy of The Virginia Gazette from July 8, 1763, and the 1763 cipher book of a Solomon Higgins have been in the foundation's possession since July 11, 1986. The Gazette is now owned by the company that owns the Pilot and Daily Press. The material is in Colonial Williamsburg's John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, but it's not clear exactly what historical value they hold. "The library has a record for the objects that states they were lent for microfilming in 1986, but there is no additional information beyond what is included in the legal notice," according to Rockefeller associate librarian Douglas Mayo, who registered the legal notice to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (664+ words) RICHMOND " The amount of voters who used same day registration this election doubled when compared to the last odd-year election. The number of same day registration votes on Election Day in 2023 was15,981, according to the Virginia Department of Elections. Unofficial results from theVirginia Electionswebsite show at least 31,881 people used same day registration on Election Day this year. Nearly 90,000 people used same day registration in the November 2024 presidential election, according to theVirginia Department of Elections. Turnout this year at 54% of registered voters closely rivaled the2021 election, according to the Virginia Department of Electionswebsite. However, this election saw the highest total voter numbers for a nonpresidential election, with over 3.4 million Virginians voting. Many Northern Virginia localities had over a 1,000 voters registered on Election Day, with 3,800 registered in Fairfax County. Richmond City registered the second highest total, and the highest for localities with a college…...