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By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS AND BRAD PLUMER,
New York Times
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President Biden will travel to a national park in Virginia on Monday, Earth Day, to spotlight his clean energy investments, with an eye on bolstering support among young voters disillusioned with their choices for the 2024 election.
Against the backdrop of the park, Prince William Forest, Mr. Biden will announce $7 billion in grants to fund solar power for hundreds of thousands of homes in primarily disadvantaged communities, according to the White House. He will be joined by future members of the American Climate Corps, a new work force for young people hoping to combat climate change.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By PETER CARY,
Piedmont Journalism Foundation
Town officials Thursday cleared the way for the construction of an Amazon data center in Warrenton, reaching a milestone in the long and tumultuous saga that splintered the town’s council and its residents.
Warrenton’s planning and zoning staff signed off on the latest site plans for the data center, removing the last major administrative hurdle for the 220,000-square-foot project on Blackwell Road. Now that the site plan has been approved, Amazon will move on to obtaining routine permits for site work and building construction.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By SCOTT SHENK,
Free Lance-Star
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More traffic has been using the electronically tolled lanes on Interstate 95 since a 10-mile extension opened in Stafford County last year.
According to the toll lane operator Transurban’s March quarter financial update, released Thursday , the Australian-based company’s North American toll lanes “continued its recent strong performance with traffic increasing 4.9%,” equating to 147,000 trips, compared to the first quarter of 2023.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By AVERY GOODSTINE,
The Breeze
The Board of Visitors (BoV) announced former Senior Vice President of Administration and Finance Charlie King as JMU’s interim president — the first in over 30 years — during its Friday morning meeting.
Both the proposed tuition increase and budget for the 2024-25 academic year were approved unanimously. The tuition proposal includes a 3% in-state and 1.5% out-of-state tuition increase.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By RYAN NADEAU,
WRIC-TV
A Richmond man and member of the white nationalist group Patriot Front was arrested Friday and hit with several charges relating to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6 insurrection, including impeding and physically assaulting officers.
According to the Department of Justice, 26-year-old Nathaniel Noyce was arrested on Friday, April 19, in connection to his alleged participation and disorderly, disruptive conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By JOEY LOMONACO,
Fredericksburg Free Press
Lloyd Moss Jr. recalls his father’s trademark retort for whenever someone would make reference to his namesake health center.
“His comment was always, ‘It’s not my clinic.’” Moss Jr. said of the late Dr. Lloyd F. Moss, who helped found the Moss Free Clinic back in 1993. “It’s the Fredericksburg community’s, and it’s the volunteers’ clinic.”
On Sunday afternoon, nearly 100 people gathered in a Taco Bell parking lot less than a mile from the clinic’s doors with a shared aim: taking ownership of its now-precarious future.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By PATRICK LARSEN,
VPM
The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority announced a new approach to lease enforcement amid public outcry over eviction cases it recently filed against residents.
CEO Steven Nesmith said the “Compassion Action Initiative” will focus on re-establishing relationships with residents, adhering to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations, strengthening data collection and sharing with stakeholders, and addressing a $3 million backlog of unpaid rent.
At least 14 pending cases were dismissed from Richmond General District Court on Wednesday in a pause that Nesmith said would extend for a minimum of 30 days.
VaNews April 22, 2024
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Editorial
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In Richmond, deadly shootings tend to occupy the public conscience like passing April showers. They come and go like downpours.
The collective outrage over the latest homicide spree — 10 since Easter Sunday, four of whom were teenagers, as of Friday afternoon — is sparking a new round of law enforcement crackdowns and renewed calls for family and community interventions. ... At some point, however, we must acknowledge the hard truth: Despite all the political convulsions, no one really expects this problem to go away. Gun violence has been part of Richmond’s story for at least the past 40 years.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By CAITLYN BURCHETT,
Virginian-Pilot
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A Navy review is shining a light on major shipbuilding delays, including at the Newport News shipyard, but defense experts point to larger systemic issues constraining the industrial base’s production capacity. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro ordered a 45-day shipbuilding review this year with the goal of identifying causes of shipbuilding challenges and recommending actions to keep new builds on schedule. A one-page fact sheet released in April showed several of the Navy’s top shipbuilding programs are one to three years behind schedule.
VaNews April 22, 2024
By MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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After the Hanover County School Board banned 19 books last June, Kate Lindley launched “Free to Read,” her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Lindley, who’d competed as a Reading Olympian as a Hanover student, was appalled at the censorship and determined to combat it. She coded a “Free to Read” app with information about the misbegotten ban and the books affected. And after the board banned more than 70 additional books in November, she set up Banned Book Nooks at two Hanover businesses: Morr Donuts in Mechanicsville and We Think In Ink in Ashland.
VaNews April 22, 2024
