Harvey Yoder News Today

Over the past week, officials with the City of Newport News have been trying to piece together how it amassed 422 acres of land in Menchville that are now home to the Newport News City Farm and Riverview Farm Park. But now, the city says, it only owns 251 acres there.

“I really wanted to do something where I could keep growing because the stereotype and to a degree the actuality of getting into your 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and some of your powers are in decline,” Bersson said. “That idea of decline is pretty powerful.” His first night returning to a stage and performing for an audience was nerve-wracking. Gradually, he became familiar and comfortable with the scene and played there every Tuesday evening for the next four years, until the pandemic broug...

Most people behind bars were not sentenced to die, but as COVID-19 continues to move through our prisons, jails and other carceral facilities, more and more that’s a real possibility. The Virginia COVID-19 Justice Coalition — a group of almost 40 advocacy organizations from all across the commonwealth — is calling on Gov. Ralph Northam to address the ongoing crisis in Virginia’s detention facilities before it’s too late. Gov. Northam recently announced that he would tak...