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The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the Commonwealth’s Highway Safety Office, is launching a powerful new highway safety campaign aimed at increasing motorists’ awareness of motorcycles and the people who ride them. Centered on the message that there’s a human under every helmet, the campaign urges drivers to keep their eyes out for motorcyclists, share the road, check their blind spots, and make safe choices to help everyone get home safely.

Kinsale has been hit with another commercial building fire, this time at the old Potomac Supply pellet mill followed by several additional fires the same day.

Agritourism conference highlights strategies and resources available to operators of Virginia’s top two industries

It has been almost a month since Jim Taylor resigned from his position at Westmoreland County Administrator. The resignation came in the wake of the discovery that many loans from Rural Development were neglected and the County was dangerously close to defaulting on them. Although the loans were taken care of, the damage was done and a great deal of penalties had accrued.

Although the Northern Neck–Middlesex Free Health Clinic (NNMFHC) reported a very busy and productive prior year that included hiring, expanding services, and strengthening partnerships, the organization didn’t ask for any increase in funding from Lancaster in the FY27 budget.

Legislation aimed at curbing “forever chemicals” in farm-applied biosolids has cleared the Virginia General Assembly and is now headed to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk. Proponents of stricter controls acknowledge the measure is far weaker than they wanted. Still, they are urging the governor to sign the legislation into law, viewing it as an important first step to build upon.

Sheriff’s offices across the Northern Neck are warning residents about scams involving fake court notices and fraudulent demands for payment.