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Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Donation of model boat thrills Maritime Museum - By Larry Chowning for Sout...
09/05/2026

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Donation of model boat thrills Maritime Museum - By Larry Chowning for Southside Sentinel

The double decker buyboat, “Chesapeake,” was the second largest bay deck boat style vessel ever built and recently well-known modelmaker Larry Saint of Smithfield brought her history back to life by building a model of the vessel. Saint has donated the model to the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM).

At an overall 100-feet length, the original “Chesapeake” was built specifically for dredging oysters for J.H. Miles and Company of Norfolk, which worked more than 8,000 acres of leased oyster grounds from Ocean View to Mobjack Bay.

Read the full article at Southside Sentinel. ➡ https://tinyurl.com/3a5efctp

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Are travel sports worth the cost? It's complicated, coaches say. - By Audre...
09/04/2026

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Are travel sports worth the cost? It's complicated, coaches say. - By Audrey Pachuta for Richmond Times-Dispatch

The youth sports industry — including everything from tournament fees to competition-related hotel stays — has grown exponentially in recent years. According to Aspen Institute estimates, the $40 billion spent by families in 2024 more than doubled the total revenue of the NFL, the most lucrative professional sports league in the world.

Read the full article at Richmond Times-Dispatch. ➡ https://tinyurl.com/2smk3bkw

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Town Halls Rally Around Science - By Patrice Worthy for Style Weekly During...
09/03/2026

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Town Halls Rally Around Science - By Patrice Worthy for Style Weekly

During a local town hall on Aug. 4 at The Science Museum of Virginia, Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D) addressed a room of her constituents who were ready to sound off. The program titled “No Denying Climate Change” started as a Q&A session and quickly turned into a discussion about data centers. Virginia is the data center hub of the world with more than 600 operational facilities and hundreds more planned.

Data centers contribute to climate change due to a heavy reliance on fossil fuel. On site there are also hundreds of diesel generators that leak pollutants such as arsenic and benzene, carcinogens that contribute to chronic illness. In addition, one individual data center can consume millions of gallons of water daily for server cooling. The result is a strain on natural resources and a spike in monthly utility bills.

Virginians are pi**ed.

Read the full article at Style Weekly. ➡ https://tinyurl.com/2dyzf59u

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Hispanic Chamber touts small-business success amid population boom in Richm...
09/03/2026

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Hispanic Chamber touts small-business success amid population boom in Richmond - By Heciel Nieves Bonilla for The Richmonder

When Michel Zajur’s parents settled in Virginia in the 1960s, you could count the Spanish-speaking families in Richmond “on two hands,” as he put it.

That's not the case anymore.

The size and economic success of the Richmond area’s Hispanic population have exploded since the turn of the century — a change supported by Zajur, CEO of the state’s Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, who attributes the progress to small-business growth that far exceeds the national average.

Read the full article at The Richmonder. ➡ https://tinyurl.com/3reyxd7z

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Moms football camp builds community at Broad Run High School - By Karen Gra...
09/02/2026

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Moms football camp builds community at Broad Run High School - By Karen Graham for Loudoun Times-Mirror

You’ve seen them on the sidelines. In the stands. In the parking lots. And working the concession booths and the ticket tables.

They are the “football moms.” They show up, rain or shine, to cheer on their sons who play high school football every season.

Now, at Broad Run High School in Ashburn, a group of football moms is taking their support, dedication, and interest in their sons’ athletic endeavors to a whole new level.

Read the full article at Loudoun Times-Mirror. ➡ https://tinyurl.com/yc6v857j

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Virginia Beach to oppose seabed mining off Eastern Shore - By Maggin Allwei...
08/31/2026

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: Virginia Beach to oppose seabed mining off Eastern Shore - By Maggin Allwein for The Virginian-Pilot

City Council plans to formally oppose a federal proposal for exploratory seabed mining off the coast of the Eastern Shore.

A letter with “specific opposition to offshore mineral mining” is drafted and awaiting Mayor Bobby Dyer’s signature as of Thursday, according to city spokespeople. Dyer agreed to the letter during an informal meeting Tuesday, which he said would express an “overwhelming consensus from the council.”

“(This seabed mining initiative) is in its infancy, but the idea is, like everything that we do, should be thoroughly discussed, vetted, look at the positive and negatives,” Dyer said.

Read the full article at The Virginian-Pilot. ➡ https://tinyurl.com/2j8ws6yk

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: “Remember the little guy”: Kaine hears from Virginia farmers as Canada trad...
08/29/2026

Featured in the latest Virginia News Reader: “Remember the little guy”: Kaine hears from Virginia farmers as Canada trade fight drives up concern - By Shannon Heckt for Virginia Mercury

Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs and threats of retaliation, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sat down with Virginia agricultural and forestry producers Monday to hear how the escalating trade dispute could affect an industry already struggling with rising costs and difficult growing conditions.

Trump imposed a 50% tariff on a wide range of Canadian products, while Canada has promised similar actions in retaliation, suggesting tariffs on American dairy, steel, agricultural appliances, paper and electronics beginning in September.

Canada is Virginia’s largest export market. In 2025, $2.9 billion in goods were exported to Canada, representing 15% of the state’s total goods exports.

Read the full article at Virginia Mercury. ➡ https://tinyurl.com/annm28v9

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