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Va. sees increase of 1,600 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Virginia saw an increase of 1,615 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the Virginia Department of Health reported Tuesday; there are 39,342 confirmed and probable cases across the state, up from 37,727 cases reported Monday. VDH also reported 1,236 deaths related to the coronavirus, up from 1,208 Monday. The Virginia Hospital [...]
COVID-19 cases rise to 37k in Virginia
As of Monday, May 25, Virginia has 37,727 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, the Virginia Department of Health reported, an increase of 2,777 cases since Friday. There are 1,208 deaths and 1,376 people currently hospitalized with either confirmed or pending test results. The statewide percentage of positive tests, compared with total PCR tests given, […]
Will telework replace the office?
We’ve all gotten used to dog, kid and even outdoor bird interruptions of Zoom conferences, and some of us are not quite ready to start wearing pants with zippers and belt loops every day. Still others miss having doughnuts in the breakroom with work mates. Telework is the way many Virginians with office jobs work […[...]
Northam says he is considering statewide mask mandate
Gov. Ralph Northam said he is considering a statewide mask mandate in public spaces and businesses, and will make an announcement Tuesday. “We are working through the policy. Obviously it’s an equity issue,” Northam said at his Friday news conference, adding that all Virginia residents would need access to face coverin[...]
McLean-based Cvent lays off, furloughs 10% of workforce
As the hospitality industry has taken one of the biggest COVID-19 hits of all, McLean-based event software company Cvent Inc. confirmed Friday it is laying off or furloughing 10% of its global workforce due to business impacts from the pandemic. “Meetings and events boost the global GDP by more than $1.5 trillion and impact nearly […]
Loudoun County adds $5.7M to small business relief fund
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved an additional $5.7 million in grant funding for a second and third round of its COVID-19 Business Interruption Fund, which supports small businesses affected by the pandemic. The funding was allocated from the $36.1 million in federal funding to Loudoun County from the Coronavirus[...]
Va. reports nearly 35,000 COVID-19 cases
Virginia has 34,950 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, an increase of 813 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Friday update. The number of deaths is now at 1,136, up 37 from Thursday. According to the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s Friday update, 1,459 people with confirmed cases […]
Dinwiddie company wins $107M I-95 contract
Dinwiddie County-based road construction company Wagman Heavy Civil Inc. announced Friday it’s been awarded a $107 million contract for the Interstate 95 Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing project in Stafford County. “We are excited to begin our work that will provide critical mobility and safety improvements on I-95 including the interchange at Route 17,” Greg Andricos, […]
Google wins seven-figure DoD contract
Google Cloud, a division of Google LLC, announced Thursday that it’s been awarded a seven-figure Department of Defense contract to provide multi-cloud management. A specific contract award amount was not disclosed. The contract will be completed for the DoD’s Innovation Unit (DIU), which works to scale commercial technology across the agency. Google Cloud will build […]
Colonial Williamsburg eyes limited reopening in Phase 2
Colonial Williamsburg is remaining mostly closed the rest of May, but portions of the historic area and art museums will reopen in early June as Virginia moves into Phase Two of Gov. Ralph Northam’s “Forward Virginia” plan. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, in a news release Thursday, announced that Chownin[...]
403K+ Virginians unemployed
More than 403,500 Virginians are still unemployed following the economic devastation from the COVID-19 pandemic, though the number of initial jobless claims in the commonwealth continues to decrease. About 44,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, down from roughly 52,000 initial claims the prior week, a[...]
U.Va. receives $27.5M gift for democracy projects
John L. Nau III, president and CEO of Silver Eagle Distributors LP, the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributor in the country, has donated $27.5 million to the University of Virginia’s new Democracy Initiative at the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the university announced Wednesday. The Nau Foundation[...]
