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Salaries for Portsmouth mayor, council members will nearly double in 2025
Portsmouth City Council members voted to go forward with pay raises. The boost will nearly double the salaries of the mayor and council members next year. Roughly a dozen residents shared their thoughts on the pay raise at a public hearing Tuesday night. The topic divided the people who took to the podium.
York County cuts ties with right-wing school board group over alleged threat of member before vote
York County has prohibited any future business ties with a right-wing school board organization after the group threatened a school board member ahead of a major recent vote, according to a letter obtained by WAVY News 10. The letter, which is posted online, is addressed to School Board Member Alliance (SBMA) Chairwoman Sherri Story. York County Purchasing Agent Jan Dudley wrote the letter. In it, she said the SBMA “demonstrated a lack of moral and business integrity” when the “leadership of the SBMA” pressed now Board Chair Kimberly Goodwin to vote to keep former Chair Lynda Fairman in that position.
Mountain Valley Pipeline approved for operation
Federal regulators on Tuesday gave the Mountain Valley Pipeline the green light to begin operating, a decade after the controversial natural gas project was first announced. In a letter to the pipeline’s joint venture company, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission official said the authorization was based on recent construction status reports, a staff inspection last month and communication with the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Russell board rejects landfill host agreement
The Russell County Board of Supervisors emerged from a closed session Monday night and unanimously rejected a proposed agreement that could have led to a landfill being established on a former coal site. Board members voted 7-0 to approve a resolution to terminate negotiations with NOVA, Inc., on its plans to establish a private landfill on the Moss 3 site. ... The 7-0 vote prompted loud cheering from a large crowd gathered inside the county Government Center, a video recording of the meeting shows. The proposed landfill has faced stiff public opposition for many months.
Metro still not complying with safety commission’s document requests, leader says
On Tuesday, the leader of a commission overseeing Metrorail on safety said Metro is still not turning over all of the safety-related documents the commission has asked for. Metro’s refusal comes despite a subpoena and calls from a Congressman for Metro to turn all the documents over. As 7News first reported in April, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) – which was created by Congress to oversee Metrorail on safety – hit Metro with a subpoena for refusing to turn over all documents the WMSC requested for an investigation into the “fitness for duty and occupation health” of Metro employees.
Petersburg schools’ acting superintendent resigns weeks after taking over
Petersburg City Public Schools’ acting superintendent John Farrelly resigned, the school division announced Tuesday evening, less than two months after he took over the school district. The former superintendent, Tamara Sterling, disappeared in late February and officially resigned March 20. The reasons for her departure have been shrouded in secrecy as school officials refuse to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding her parting. ... The Petersburg school division is under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Virginia Department of Education due to its schools’ troubles.
Shenandoah County School Board sued after reinstating Confederate school names
The Virginia NAACP and five students are suing a school board that voted last month to restore the names of two schools previously named for Confederate leaders, saying the decision creates a discriminatory educational environment for Black students. The federal complaint filed Tuesday says the reversal denies Black students an equal opportunity to education by forcing them to attend a school named after Confederate leaders. “It just feels like a huge step in the wrong direction,” said Briana Brown, one of the student plaintiffs, and a rising senior in a program housed in Mountain View High School. “And if we let them get away with this, what’s next?”
Bob Good’s brother accused of berating primary opponent McGuire at church
The brother of a congressional candidate allegedly verbally assaulted his brother’s opponent in a church on Sunday. John McGuire is running for Virginia’s Fifth District Congressional seat against incumbent Bob Good. McGuire was attending Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg over the weekend, where he said Good’s brother, Steve Good, came up to him following the early service.
Loudoun Groups Cite Priorities in Power Line Opposition
Bury new transmission lines. Explain the impact of new power infrastructure on local communities. Stop data center growth. Those are the priorities listed by Loudoun residents speaking up about the planned transmission line projects by Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy in the county. On Tuesday, the Lansdowne Conservancy, Loudoun Transmission Line Alliance and Piedmont Environmental Council hosted a community meeting to delve into those issues. The conservancy has been leading the effort to have all or part of Dominion Energy’s Aspen to Golden 500- and 230-kV line project along Rt. 7 in eastern Loudoun undergrounded—a feat Dominion said is not feasible ...
Older worker accuses Virginia-based Raytheon of discriminating by seeking recent college grads
A major defense contractor was sued Tuesday over allegations that it discriminated against older workers in job ads. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston accuses RTX Corporation of posting ads that target younger workers at the expense of their older peers in violation of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practices Act, and the Virginia Human Rights Act. RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies Corporation, is an American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.