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Skill games firm to cover legal costs of stores that keep its new machines
Skill games operator Pace-O-Matic says it will cover the legal costs and any penalties that store owners might face if they keep the company’s new machines after Attorney General Jason Miyares said they are illegal. The company said its indemnification promise only applies to the new Queen of Virginia games that do not require players to insert money. Pace-O-Matic says the new Queen of Virginia devices are not illegal, since state law banning skill games includes in its description language that illegal devices require inserting a coin, currency, ticket, token or similar object ...
SCC Plans Large-Scale Electric Customer Conference
The State Corporation Commission has announced plans to hold a technical conference to explore the effects large-use retail electric customers in Virginia on the state’s utilities, ratepayers and power grid. The conference will consider current and future challenges by the growth of hyperscale users. “Large power users such as data centers could bring an ‘unprecedented’ amount of new load for electric utilities, creating complications and risks the utilities have not previously encountered,” according to the announcement.
Virginia rural newspapers are still fighting to stay alive
Since Oct. 20, 1877, The Recorder has not missed one single issue. Anne Adams is publisher of the Monterey-based weekly newspaper — which covers the neighboring counties of Bath, Highland and Alleghany — and she’s fighting to keep that streak alive. It’s no small feat. Since 2005, 1 in 4 newspapers has closed its doors. As a result, 70 million Americans live in a news desert, meaning 20% of the American population has no newsgathering agency covering their localities.
Roanoke County man sentenced to prison for his role in attack on U.S. Capitol
An Elliston man described by prosecutors as a central player in the chaos at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to three years and four months in prison. Jeremy Daniel Groseclose, 41, was convicted last year of civil disorder, a felony, and two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and illegally demonstrating at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Lynchburg candidate who lost Ward IV primary to run write-in campaign
A Lynchburg City Council candidate who lost the Republican primary for Ward IV plans to run as a write-in candidate for the ward. Peter Alexander announced at a meeting of the Lynchburg Republican City Committee on Tuesday night he is relinquishing his Republican Party membership and running a write-in campaign against the Republican nominee, incumbent Ward IV Councilman Chris Faraldi, and April Watson, the Democratic nominee for the ward.
Vance surveys southwest Virginia flood damage
Ohio Senator and Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate J. D. Vance visited southwest Virginia Thursday, surveying the damage from the remnants of Hurricane Helene. He visited the town of Damascus, one of the Virginia communities hit hard by flooding. J. D. and Usha Vance touched down at Tri-Cities Airport in Tennessee, shortly before two o’clock Thursday afternoon, and then made the 45-minute drive to Damascus, Virginia. Once there, they were greeted by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Virginia) and other state and local officials, outside of First Baptist Church, which was heavily damaged by floodwaters.
CSX: Richmond must make safety fixes, accept liability to keep Pipeline Trail open
CSX railway has told the city of Richmond that in order to consider further recreational use of the Pipeline Trail, the city must make safety upgrades and accept all liability for its use. In a Sept. 19 letter to Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities and Department of Parks and Recreation, CSX Director of State Relations for Virginia Randy Marcus wrote that the railway’s initial agreement with the city for the walkway “was for installation and maintenance of the pipeline and did not authorize recreational or other access or use of our property.”
Short-lived port strike drove some to ‘panic buy’ at Richmond stores
Many stores in the Richmond area saw a buying frenzy for some of their products, namely paper towels and toilet paper, amid the East Coast dockworker strike, which was reportedly suspended Thursday night. Some were worried that the strike by dockworkers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas that started this week could snarl supply chains, increase prices and cause shortages if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. Earlier in the day, reports emerged saying that stores in New York, Arlington, Virginia and Texas have had their supplies of products like toilet paper, paper towels, meat, rice and bananas picked clean.
Toscano and Schoeneman: Nonprofits deliver when no one else can. It’s time to unlock their power
In an era when opinions of the role of government in addressing basic needs are increasingly polarized, nonprofits find themselves at the crux of society's most pressing challenges. These organizations are too often a fragmented solution for hot potato problems, a convenient repository for issues that are too complex, unwieldy or unpopular for other sectors to handle. Moreover, nonprofits frequently find themselves in competition for the very resources they need to function, struggling to do more with less — a situation exacerbated by economic pressures and societal shifts. However, amid these challenges, nonprofits are joining forces to craft dynamic solutions.
Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on. The International Longshoremen’s Association is suspending its three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies, said in a joint statement that they have reached a tentative agreement on wages. A person briefed on the agreement said the ports sweetened their wage offer from about 50% over six years to 62%.