Category Archives: Local News

(Ocean City, MD)-  Many people in northeastern Virginia felt an earthquake this week.  The United States Geological Survey reported that last night a four-point-seven magnitude earthquake hit off ...Read more

(Richmond)- Virginia’s SNAP recipients are receiving their February funds early.  The Department of Social Services says those in the nutrition assistance program will get benefits tomorrow ...Read more

(Richmond)- A Senate Committee is pushing ahead with efforts to raise the minimum wage in Virginia.  The plan would push minimum wage to 15-dollars-per hour in the state by 2021.  An initial ...Read more

(Richmond)- Virginia is under a state of emergency.  Governor Ralph Northam declared the state of emergency this weekend with the winter storm bearing down on Virginia.  A winter storm warning ...Read more

(DC)- Senator Tim Kaine says Democrats don’t want to waste taxpayer money on President Trump’s vanity project. Kaine said on NBC’s Meet the Press that Democrats have always been ...Read more

(Annapolis)- Maryland has set up a new telephone hotline for reporting child sex abuse. Attorney General Brian Frosh says victims of an abuser associated with a school or place of worship or ...Read more

(Arlington)- Washington-Lee High School in Arlington is changing names. The school board voted unanimously last night to remove Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s name from the school and ...Read more