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2021 Virginia GOP convention to be held this Saturday The Virginia GOP will have an unassembled convention on Saturday. Party delegates will cast ballots to choose a nominee for governor, Lt. governor and attorney general. (Source: WHSV) By WHSVs Kyle Rogers and the Associated Press | May 6, 2021 at 10:07 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 10:07 PM HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Virginia GOP will have an unassembled convention on Saturday, May 8, in which delegates who preregistered will choose a ...

VDH: 664,394 total cases of COVID-19 in Virginia, 10,861 deaths COVID-19 coverage (Source: WAFF) By NBC29 Newsroom | October 7, 2020 at 8:50 AM EDT - Updated May 6 at 8:55 AM RICHMOND, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia Department of Health reports there is now a total of 664,394 COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth as of Thursday, May 6. The number of newly reported cases since yesterday is 856. Virginia’s death total from the virus is at 10,861, 17 more than yesterday. The total number of people...

From 1891 until 1969, you could board a passenger train in Covington and ride it to The Homestead in Bath County, along a C&O Railway spur known as the Hot Springs branch. Heading north, it followed the Jackson River, one of a handful of wild trout streams left in Virginia. Brown and rainbow trout, some of them a foot to 18 inches long, still swim that stretch of water below Gathright Dam. But the locomotives and tracks are long gone. In their place are crushed cinders, modern bathrooms, parkin...

Staunton District Traffic Alert: Work schedule for week of May 3-7 Published Sunday, May. 2, 2021, 4:44 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© monticellllo – stock.adobe.com) The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks. The Staunton District consists of 11 counties...

VDH: 661,314 total cases of COVID-19 in Virginia, 10,791 deaths (FILE) (Source: WFIE) By NBC29 Newsroom | October 7, 2020 at 8:50 AM EDT - Updated May 2 at 8:57 AM RICHMOND, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia Department of Health reports there is now a total of 661,314 COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth as of Sunday, May 2. The number of newly reported cases since yesterday is 761. Virginia’s death total from the virus is at 10,791, 14 more than yesterday. The total number of people tested is 9,...

VDH: 660,553 total cases of COVID-19 in Virginia, 10,777 deaths COVID-19 is commonly known as coronavirus (Source: AP) By NBC29 Newsroom | October 7, 2020 at 8:50 AM EDT - Updated May 1 at 8:47 AM RICHMOND, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia Department of Health reports there is now a total of 660,553 COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth as of Saturday, May 1. [Editor’s Note: This article is being updated with the latest numbers] COVID-19 Cases by Local Health District: Blue Ridge Health Departmen...

Blackburn was born about May 1761 in Frederick County, the youngest of nine sons and two daughters of Benjamin Blackburn and Mary Blackburn. The family moved to Virginia from Pennsylvania well before Blackburn’s birth, migrated to Augusta County in 1774, and subsequently moved to western North Carolina. Blackburn probably intended to go into the Presbyterian ministry when he entered Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University). A brief interval of service in the army during the cl...

Check here for the latest Virginia Department of Health statistics on the status of COVID-19 in Virginia.

Previous Updates: The number of newly reported cases since yesterday is 719. Virginia’s death total from the virus is at 10,706, 15 more than yesterday. The total number of people tested is 9,117,796, an increase of 13,457 since yesterday. Current 7-day positivity rate for total testing encounters is 6.0%. The 7-day positivity rate for PCR testing only is 5.4%. The total number of hospitalizations is 28,118, 28 more than yesterday. COVID-19 Cases by Local Health District: Blue Ridge Health De...