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WASHINGTON -- The wife of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has filed a criminal complaint against one of the organizers of a protest last month outside their Virginia home. The individual has been charged with a misdemeanor count of illegally demonstrating, but not charged with making threats or vandalism, as the Missouri senator initially alleged. A local magistrate found enough "probable cause" to issue a summons in the case, according to a police spokesman. Hawleys office said the complaint was f...

One of the things I enjoyed most about high school was participating in organized sports. I ran cross country and track year-round throughout all four years, and my experience competing changed my life. I made so many new friends, most of whom are still my closest friends to this day, and I … More Headlines

Last year Virginia’s General Assembly passed more than 30 separate clean energy bills, which together put Virginia on a path to zero-carbon electricity by 2050, enabled massive investments in renewable energy, storage and energy efficiency and eased restrictions on distributed solar. But many of the bills that passed were not perfect, and most of the new mandates affect only the electric sector. Only about a quarter of Virginia’s greenhouse gas emissions comes from power plants, so getting...

By West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued the following announcement on Jan. 4. The Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has set the interest rate at 4 percent for judgments and decrees entered during the 2021 calendar year. West Virginia Code §56-6-31 requires the Administrative Office annually to determine the interest rate to be paid upon judgments or decrees for the payment of money. It requires the pre-judgment and post-judgement interest ra...

Va. Lawmakers Should Pass New Sunday Hunting Bill Posted on It’s time for the Commonwealth of Virginia, my adopted home state, to repeal antiquated blue laws prohibiting public land hunting on Sundays.  Not only are they outdated, they go against the very principles inset in the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. One of its seven principles, the democracy of hunting, stipulates the government must allocate “access to wildlife without regard for wealth, prestige, or land owners...

Judge dismisses Election Day violation charges against Sen. Morrissey Delegate Joe Morrissey By Adrianna Hargrove | January 8, 2021 at 2:26 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 2:57 PM Sen. Morrissey was facing three misdemeanor charges for his alleged actions at a polling location in Nov. 2019. He was accused of violating Virginia Code 24.2-604, which prohibits and limits certain activities at polling places. “I did what scores of legislators do throughout the Commonwealth - we bring donuts ...

CHARLESTON – The Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has set the interest rate at 4 percent for judgments and decrees entered during the 2021 calendar year. West Virginia Code §56-6-31 requires the Administrative Office annually to determine the interest rate to be paid upon judgments or decrees for the payment of money. It requires the pre-judgment and post-judgement interest rate to be 2 percentage points above the Fifth Federal Reserve District secondary...

DMV sets 2021 schedule for coal haul permit inspections Published Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, 10:11 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 (© niroworld – stock.adobe.com) To allow customers to plan ahead, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is publishing the 2021 coal calibration inspection calendar. Inspections and calibrations are...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 23, 2020, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “Commission”) issued an Order (the “Order”) adopting Rules Governing Shared Solar Program, 20 VAC 5-340-10 et seq. (the “Rules”), effective as of January 1, 2021.  The Rules govern the development of shared solar facilities and participation in the shared solar program.  The Rules were adopted pursuant to Virginia Code § 56-594.3, which required that,...

MARION, Va. — On a Friday morning in late November, Sgt. Josh Taylor and other Marion Police officers and Smyth County deputies responded to a report of a suicidal woman holding a knife to her chest. Officers tried unsuccessfully to deescalate the situation and negotiate with the woman to drop her weapon, but the woman became violent, and the officers had to use a stun gun to subdue and disarm her, according to police accounts. The woman was detained on an emergency custody order, also kno...