DUSTI, Tajikistan, Feb. 27 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news: By Mike Vrabel, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Hanover-based 229th Military Police Company, 276 Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conducted a border checkpoint military security exchange with the Republic of Tajikistan Feb. 19 - 23, 2024, in Dusti, Tajikistan. The exchange was conducted in support of the Department of Defense's State Par  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The Alexandria Sheriff's Office and the Alexandria Police Department are investigating the in-custody death of a local inmate at the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center. This morning, February 26, just before 4 a.m., a deputy found an inmate unresponsive in his cell alone and experiencing an apparent medical emergency. A deputy immediately called for assistance from the jail's me  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- Politico issued the following statement on Feb. 26, 2024: * * * Announcement from Editor, Politico Magazine Elizabeth Ralph, Global Editor-in-Chief John Harris, and Executive Editor, Joe Schatz: All -- We're pleased to announce an exciting new hire on the magazine: Ankush Khardori, one of the most significant voices in analyzing this unusual moment in legal and political history, will be joining us as a senior writer. This move bolsters a key pillar of the news  more

ETTRICK, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- Virginia State University issued the following news: Virginia State University is pleased to announce that Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan has proposed a bill to rename the Petersburg post office located at 29 Franklin Street after the University's first president, John Mercer Langston. On Monday, February 26, an event was held outside of Langston Hall on the VSU campus to announce the bill, with remarks from university officials, Petersburg Mayor Sam Parham, and   more

ROANOKE, Virginia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Matt Chittum Susan Wallace lived nearly all of her 69 years not knowing why she was different from most people she met. Her odd constellation of symptoms was a mystery to her family too. There were developmental disabilities, the cleft palate, a speech impediment, and worst, periodically debilitating psychological problems that kept her on a cocktail of drugs to manag  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: In a study published Feb. 26 in Nature Human Behavior, scientists delve into the world of chemical neuromodulators actions in the human brain, specifically dopamine and serotonin, to reveal their role in social behavior. The research, conducted in Parkinson's disease patients undergoing brain surgery while awake, homed in on the brain's substantia nigra, a crucial area a  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Leigh Anne Kelley On Feb. 29, the Wells Fargo Tower and Berglund Center in downtown Roanoke will be illuminated with a show of pink, green, purple, and blue. The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC as well as Wells Fargo's Martin, Hopkins & Lemon and the City of Roanoke are joining together in an effort to shine a light on important but uncommon diseases in a g  more

SPEARFISH, South Dakota, Feb. 27 -- Black Hills State University issued the following news: Climbing and caving pioneers, Herb and Jan Conn, have left Black Hills State University $351,000 to establish the Sara N. Dipity II Scholarship. The scholarship is for students majoring in music. Herb and Jan were cave explorers. In the 1960s and 1970s, they discovered and mapped over 60 miles of Jewel Cave in the Black Hills, making it the third longest cave system in the world. They are also credited  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following statement on Feb. 26, 2024: * * * Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares released the following statement regarding today's victory over the NCAA: "Today's decision is a significant victory in our effort to protect Virginia's student-athletes from the NCAA's restrictive and unfair rules," said Attorney General Miyares. "The students putting in the countless hours of hard work, sacrifice, and determ  more

LEXINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: According to Mid-Atlantic Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments, Rockbridge County receives an average of 17.4 inches of snow annually. The Department of Facilities Management at Virginia Military Institute is tasked with keeping all the roads on post clear of snow and ice and safe for driving. Eric A. Schwartz '95 deputy director of the department, stated that the Virginia Department of Transportati  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: State regulators have approved an 8 percent increase in water and sewer rates for the average customers of the West Virginia-American Water Co. The new rates were effective Saturday. Under its 58-page ruling, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia said the average water bill should increase by $5.69 a month, and sewer bills should increase by $5.59 a   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore today confirmed he has sent notices to six financial institutions warning them of potential inclusion on the state's Restricted Financial Institution List after his Office made an initial determination that the institutions appear to be engaged in boycotts of fossil fuel companies as defined under state law. The Treasurer   more

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- Westminster College issued the following news: Dr. Matteo Luisi, assistant professor of physics and director of the Westminster College Planetarium, recently co-authored two astronomy-focused research publications. Published by The Astrophysical Journal, Luisi and his co-authors wrote "The GBT Diffuse Ionized Gas Survey (GDIGS): Discrete Sources." Their research mapped part of the Milky Way using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). Located in West  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: The West Virginia University School of Nursing has been ranked the No. 1 online RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in West Virginia by RNtoMSN.org, a leading nursing education website. The RN to BSN program, one of many degree options through WVU Online, offers a 100% asynchronous online BSN education to licensed registered nurses who are grad  more