Growing Into Leadership After Growing Up Surrounded By Shootings

A generation raised on active shooter exercises is now old enough to run for public office. Gun control is also a significant priority.

When Nabeela Syed was in third grade, a police officer came to her classroom door and jangled the doorknob to see how the young students would react if...

A teen and a senior citizen were among the victims of the Walmart Virginia shooting

Authorities recognized the victims of a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Wednesday, ranging in age from a 16-year-old kid to a 70-year-old man.

A shop manager opened fire on coworkers in a break room, killing six people before turning the pistol on himself.

VIRGINIA GOV. RALPH NORTHAM TO IMPOSE NIGHT CURFEW & OTHER RESTRICTIONS

Highlights

• Virginia will have a modified stay-at-home order or curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. that won’t be applicable to those going to work or other essential travel said Northam's chief of staff 

• Along with night curfew, Mercer said there will b...

ONE PERSON KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH IN DELTAVILLE

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• A spokesperson from Virginia State Police wrote in an email that “Preliminary investigations reveal that a fixed-wing aircraft struck a garage-type structure, causing it to become completely engulfed in flames.”

• Sgt. Michelle Anaya said tro...

WEST VIRGINIA GOV. JIM JUSTICE ANNOUNCES MANY ORDERS TO CURB THE SPREAD OF COVID-19

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• Starting from the Friday midnight it will be mandatory to wear masks or face coverings in all public buildings and offices at all the times, irrespective of the ability to socially distance

• Governor Justice said all businesses are required to post sign...

U.S. ELECTION 2020: IN-PERSON VOTING BEGINS IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & VIRGINIA

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• The two presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden have left no stones unturned to woo the U.S. voters

• According to the reports, people are coming out in numbers and heading to polling stations to conclude a bitter and divisive US election cam...

WEST VIRGINIA: THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED TESTING SITE OF VIRGIN HYPERLOOP ONE

Highlights

• This Richard Branson-owned venture recently made an announcement regarding its plan to construct a $500 million certification center to take further its vision of the future of high-speed transportation in West Virginia

• Courtesy of the newly laid frame...

DESPITE WARNINGS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, COLLEGES SEND STUDENTS HOME

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• Officials warned colleges by sending them back home; they are igniting a national resurgence of COVID-19.
• Last week, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that it’s the worst thing to be done...

INTRODUCING IZAKAYA CULTURE TO VIRGINIA

INTRODUCING IZAKAYA CULTURE TO VIRGINIA

Highlights:

• Japanese cities and villages are filled with izakayas
• These casual eateries are marked by red lanterns hung outside the entrance

Izakayas are small inform...

Largest of its kind: Electric school bus program in the US to be launched in Virginia

Dominion Energy has recently partnered with the local schools in the Virginia district to replace diesel buses with electric school buses completely in phases.

Thomas Built Buses Inc has been chosen to be the contract provider of all the 50 electric school buses that are to initiate the...

Private Equity Finding Value in Yesterday’s Tech ‘Shiny Objects:’ UVA Darden Private Equity Conference

When the public markets begin to see once splashy technology companies as dinosaurs, Siris Capital Group Managing Partner Frank Baker starts to take a closer look. Keynoting the 2019 Darden Private Equity Conference at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Baker explained the stra...

Lisa DeFrank-Cole termed Harriet E. Lyon Professor

Lisa DeFrank-Cole (director of the Leadership Studies Program at West Virginia University), has been termed the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences’ Harriet E. Lyon Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies. The unique new professorship acknowledges the interdisciplinary contribution of women’s and...