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2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (324+ words) In her new leadership role at VECF, Bell will be responsible for building a strategic and sustained focus on the healthy development and school readiness of the Commonwealth’s youngest learners, supporting opportunities for all families with young children to thrive....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (830+ words) Royal Norfolk Show bosses said visitor safety and animal welfare are top priorities as they prepared to welcome crowds of thousands during a searing heatwave. The two-day summer spectacular regularly attracts more than 80,000 visitors, and this week's event on June…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (414+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Students in Virginia Beach are now on spring break, but when they return April 13 they will face a longer school day. Beginning that day, 10 minutes will be added to each school day through June 8 to make up…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (437+ words) New mobile unit delivers hands-on 811 safety education to children at schools and community events across Virginia. ROANOKE, VA, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Virginia 811 Launches Dig Smart Mobile Learning Center to Teach Kids Safe Digging Mobile unit brings hands-on 811 safety…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (284+ words) THE TWO VIRGINIAS (WVVA) - West Virginia is confronting a troubling national distinction: the state loses nearly 300 children to foster care annually due to parental abandonment, a rate that far exceeds the rest of the country. According to newly analyzed federal…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (312+ words) A Norfolk man’s real-life journey to find the father he had never known has inspired his debut novel. Alex Cutts, now based in rural Norfolk, travelled to Arequipa — a striking city in the Peruvian Andes — in an attempt to uncover…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1294+ words) SPLC Will Continue to Advocate for Voters’ Rights, Despite Court Decision to Uphold Prince George’s County, Maryland Council Map – Learn More Vincent Carter, 72, has lived his entire life in Gum Springs, Virginia. The town is within walking distance of George…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (328+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Childcare strains are spilling from homes into workplaces across the commonwealth, according recent survey results from the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, The Virginia Chamber Foundation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. “We know that childcare is…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (642+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Free school breakfast programs are helping drive down chronic absenteeism rates across Virginia, with 32,000 more students now eating breakfast at school since 2023. Cynthia Atkins has worked in the cafeteria at Holton Elementary on the city’s Northside for 11 years…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago   (224+ words) NORFOLK, Va. — Travelers passing through Norfolk International Airport now have some new four-legged friends to greet them. The airport has launched a new pet therapy program called Welcome Waggin’, featuring certified therapy dogs who will visit terminals to calm nerves…...