The CDC reports that 30 to 60 percent of infected patients have died, though many have had comorbidities that increased their vulnerability.

Republicans around Virginia streamed into voting sites Saturday to choose their nominee for governor, and in Caroline County, Don Denton was first in line.

Virginia’s wildlife agency is proposing major restrictions on keeping native reptiles and amphibians as pets. The proposals would ban the keeping of box turtles altogether.

The Virginia Employment Commission is asking a judge for three extra weeks to respond to a class-action lawsuit over months-long delays processing jobless claims.

With limited supply and high demand, any unused doses were rightly viewed, by both providers and the public, as wasted opportunities to immunize someone against a potentially deadly virus.

While some businesses warned the hikes will force them to lay off workers and cut hours, low-wage employees celebrated the coming raises.

Black students, who make up nearly 22 percent of the state’s high schoolers, are generally underrepresented in AP classes (with just 12.7 percent of total enrollment).

However, according to VDOE officials, there hasn’t been any decision yet to change the state’s mathematics standards or curricula.

The federal data shows the situation has only gotten worse as the pandemic continued, even as businesses have begun reopening and new claims have dropped.

Now, the school district is uniting with 16 others in Southwest Virginia on a solution — one administrator think could be a model for the rest of the state.