Though April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Virginia’s transportation workers rely on driver attentiveness year-round. The 2023 National Work Zone Awareness Week “Work with Us” campaign emphasizes that every­one shares the responsibility for safe work zones. Virginia Department of Transportation construc­tion and maintenance crews, contractors and mo­torists all have a role in ensuring that everyone makes it safely home. Unlike […]

My good friends John Morris and Peggy Starnes recently at­tended the Ketron High School Class of 1964 reunion. Morris’ first teaching job was at Ke­tron in the early 1960s. It was a trip down mem­ory lane as the group re­called school as well as national events of those years including early space travel and the death of President Ken­nedy. Let […]

Athletes from across the Mid-Atlantic region will convene at New River Trail State Park on Sept. 16 for the New River Trail Challenge Triathlon, a three-stage, 65.2-mile race. The Challenge, which is a part of the Virginia State Parks Adventure Se­ries, begins with a 40-mile out-and-back bike leg, followed by a 12.1-mile downriver kayak paddle and ends with a half-marathon […]