NEW YORK (AP) — Players agreed to a deal with Major League Baseball that would preserve service time in the event this season is canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but left open details of what a reconfigured schedule would look like. As part of the agreement approved by the […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement in support of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the third legislative package responding to the coronavirus outbreak: “Our country faces an extraordinary crisis with far-reaching impacts on American life. This situation calls for urgency and a broad-based response. “I […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the coronavirus crisis, even doctors can face a cash crunch. Dr. Benjamin Ticho, an ophthalmologist in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, has seen his revenue plunge 80% as patients stay home and he cancels non-emergency surgeries. He’s cut his staff’s hours sharply and is negotiating with his creditors. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Students and teachers at all levels of education are transitioning from classroom to computer as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise. Not every subject lends itself to a smooth transition to distance learning, as students and instructors have discovered. “I think we’re all […]
(CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia) — The New River Health District announced today an additional confirmed case of COVID-19 in a resident of the district. The patient is a male in his 20s, and lives in Montgomery County. He is self-isolating, with no known exposures to the public. There is no evidence of […]
Cecil Andrew Sutphin, 89 of Dublin, Virginia died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the Virginia Veterans Care Center, Salem. He was the son of the late Walter Sutphin and Thelma Sutphin Hurst and was born on May 26, 1930 in Floyd County, Virginia. He was also preceded in death by […]
Scammers purporting to be with the federal government are asking for personal information, including bank account information, under the guise of direct depositing one-time stimulus payments RICHMOND (March 27, 2020) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring today issued a consumer alert urging Virginians to be wary of scammers trying to get […]
All the major recruiting services across the country expect Trey Henderson to commit to Ohio State at 7 pm this evening. Henderson was the top player on the Class 3 state champion Hopewell team, and has over 5,000 total yards in his two varsity season. Henderson […]
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Washtenaw Golf Club, one of the oldest courses in Michigan, typically only has to worry about the weather in March. Now there is a far more serious issue to contemplate: the new coronavirus. “This is the one thing we didn’t think of,” said Dave Kendall, a […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal report shows jobless claims in Virginia spiked by nearly a factor of 20 as parts of the economy slowed or shuttered in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The report released Thursday shows that 46,885 Virginians filed unemployment claims for the week ending March […]
(CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia) — There are reports of individuals knocking on residents’ doors in our area, and offering to provide or sell COVID-19 testing kits and services. THIS IS NOT LEGITIMATE. There are no authorized medical workers providing door-to-door testing services in the New River Health District (Floyd, Giles, Montgomery and Pulaski […]