Some localities have had Sunday voting before. Now it’s mandated. The turnout was spotty, with large numbers in two Northern Virginia localities, but most rural localities recorded no votes.
Plus: A music shop is coming to St. Paul, and early voting for the primaries ends Aug. 1
Plus, more Virginians are paying out of pocket for emergency department visits and LewisGale Hospital Montgomery announces a new CEO.
The new Cardinal News staff include four reporters, an editor, and people experienced in fundraising, administration and community engagement.
The city council voted 4-3 to nix the design for a mural depicting a multiracial group of four musicians.
The presidential search committee meets again Tuesday. Here are some things the members ought to be asking, if they aren’t already.
Plus: Bedford adopts clear-bag policy for athletic events, Verizon gives away free backpacks, science lab coming to higher ed center.
While it can be “multigenerational,” as in the Rice family, new recruits also might have had early experiences with emergency services personally that had an impact on them and inspired them to go down that path, said Wesley Melson, a training coordinator for the Fredericksburg Rescue Squad and lead instructor for the Virginia Association of First Responders.
But for kids who don’t have any exposure to these careers or opportunities — who don’t know that the Virginia State Police has a dive team or that some SWAT teams have paramedics or that there are firefighters who fight wildfires — the rescue camp aims to expose them to these experiences.
The Department of Enviromental Qualilty has issued an Air Quality Alert for most of the state as far west as the Roanoke Valley, as unhealthy levels of smoke are expected to reach the surface on this Friday.
Plus: An ARC grant will fund a Radford University study on AI and workforce development.
Parts of Southwest and Southside Virginia have gotten some meaningful rain in the past few days, but mid-upper 90s are making an encore appearance the rest of this week.