Exploring Our Backyard: Western spirit and historic impact alive and well in Virginia City

Exploring Our Backyard, Nevada Sports Net's summer adventure series, will run weekly features on activities in and around Northern Nevada. Today's feature is on the National Automobile Museum in downtown Reno. This series is present in sponsorship …

Virginia School Expels Jewish Students After Complaints of Severe Antisemitic Harassment, Lawsuit Claims

A couple in Virginia has filed a civil rights complaint after their three children were expelled from the Nysmith School for the Gifted, a private institution in Herndon, alleging the school retaliated against them for raising concerns about antisemitic …

West Virginia Realtors offer relief funds for flood victims

WHEELING, W.Va. — The West Virginia Association of Realtors and the Wheeling Board of Realtors are providing financial assistance to those who lost their homes in the June 14 flooding. The funds come from a $100,000 grant from the Realtors Relief …

AAA Mid-Atlantic highlights importance of new Virginia traffic laws ahead of July 4th weekend

HII splashes Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (PHOTOS)

US shipbuilding major HII has launched the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800). Shipbuilders transferred the submarine from a construction facility to the floating dry dock, where it was launched and moved by tugboats to a submarine …

Swing It to End It donates $40,000 to Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Swing It to End It, a charitable organization based in Roanoke, has established a fund to support the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine’s work in aging-related education and research. The donation comes ahead of the nonprofit’s 11th annual golf …

2027 OL Kaden Buchanan Thrilled by West Virginia Scholarship Offer

2027 offensive lineman Kaden Buchanan from Lebanon, TN, recently received a scholarship offer from West Virginia University. The 6-foot-5, 330-pound player expressed enthusiasm about the offer after a phone call with assistant offensive line coach Derek …

Meet the men who became Catholic priests in Virginia

REV. RICKY MALEBRANCHE: The son of Haitian immigrants joins a small group of Black American priests who are less than 1% of U.S. priests. Black Catholics make up 5% of the U.S. church. PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACKCATHOLICMESSENGER.ORG Arlington, Va. (AP) – At a …

Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash with truck towing boat on S. Virginia Street

A collision between a motorcycle and a truck towing a boat trailer on South Virginia Street left the motorcyclist with major injuries. The incident took place at approximately 4:58 p.m. in the 9200 block of S. Virginia Street. Emergency crews, including …

Virginia child drownings soar; health officials have safety tips ahead of the holiday weekend

More children under the age of five have drowned in swimming pools in Virginia over the past 30 days than in each of the last three years. NORFOLK, Va. — More children under the age of five have drowned in swimming pools in Virginia over the past 30 days …