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Governor orders new restrictions to prevent COVID-19 spread
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that the state will enforce new restrictions to prevent further spread of COVID-19 starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, including limiting gatherings to 25 people — down from a current cap of 250 people. Also, all people ages 5 and older will be required to wear face […]
Altria converts Juul nonvoting shares to voting shares
Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc. has converted its nonvoting shares of e-cigarette leader Juul Labs Inc. to voting shares, the company announced Thursday. However, Altria said it does not plan to take a more active role on the board until a federal complaint is resolved. Altria has owned 35% of Juul’s stock since late 2018, […]
Virginia is ‘ready’ to distribute COVID-19 vaccine, governor says
Gov. Ralph Northam and State Health Commissioner Dr. Norman Oliver said Tuesday that Virginia will be ready to launch a vaccination program as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Oliver said that he is encouraged by Pfizer’s announcement this week that its COVID vaccine under testing […]
Driven by SW Va., state’s COVID-19 rate rises to 6.1%
Virginia’s number of COVID-19 cases jumped by more than 10,000 last week, bringing the state’s positivity rate to 6.1%, up from 5.8% on Nov. 2, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s report Monday, Nov. 9. The sharpest increases have been seen in the Roanoke region and Southwest Virginia, where neighboring states also have seen […]
All four Va. casino referendums pass in landslide
Voters in Bristol, Danville, Norfolk and Portsmouth overwhelmingly supported local referendums allowing four commercial casinos to be built in their cities, with results declared two hours after polls closed at 7 p.m. According to the Virginia Department of Elections, citizens in the four Virginia cities voted close to two to one in favor of casinos […]
Falwell sues Liberty University, claiming defamation
Jerry Falwell Jr. filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Lynchburg against Liberty University, claiming his former employer made defamatory statements about him. He also alleges in the lawsuit that his former business partner, Giancarlo Granda, who had a highly publicized affair with Falwell’s wife, has conspired against Falwell with “politically motivated backers,” including the political[...]
New Port of Virginia chief named
Stephen Edwards, a Los Angeles-based CEO with more than two decades of maritime industry experience, will be the Virginia Port Authority’s new CEO and executive director, the authority’s Board of Commissioners announced Wednesday. Edwards, who will start his new post Jan. 19, replaces retiring CEO and Executive Director John F. Reinhart. A U.K. native, Edwards […]
SW Va. sees COVID increase; governor urges caution
Although Virginia’s overall COVID-19 infection rate is much lower than other states that are currently experiencing spikes, the number of new cases in Southwest Virginia has been steadily increasing over the past two weeks, Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday in a COVID-19 update. According to health directors in the region, the percent of positive cases […]
State wins Lee monument suit; removal of statue is delayed
Updated Oct. 29: Five plaintiffs seeking to keep the monument in place have filed a notice of appeal with the Richmond Circuit Court, according to the attorney general’s office, which provided the document. The notice was signed by Helen Marie Taylor, Evan Morgan Massey, Janet Heltzel, George D. Hostetler and John-Lawrence Smith, all of whom live […]
A taxing time
In early March, Ryan Losi just arrived home after traveling around the world for 10 of the past 13 weeks. He probably won’t be doing that again for a while. The executive vice president of Piascik, a Henrico County CPA firm with global clients, Losi had been paying attention to reports of a new virus […]
