Virginia gas prices reach record $4 a gallon (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Virginians are now paying an average of $4 a gallon for gasoline. As of 3 a.m. today, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Virginia reached $4, joining 38 other states and the District of Columbia who currently pay $4 or more for a gallon, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Virginians are now paying 10 cents more for a gallon of gas than at this time a month ago and a $1.18 more ...

Small distilleries are bubbling up in Virginia (WRIC 8 News Richmond)
Associated Press - July 5, 2008 1:05 PM ET VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Small distilleries are bubbling up all over Virginia. Chris Richeson owns Chesapeake Bay Distillery - a small...

Small distilleries are bubbling up in Virginia (WAVY 10)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Small distilleries are bubbling up all over Virginia. Chris Richeson owns Chesapeake Bay Distillery - a small enterprise in the Lynnhaven area, where he crafts and hand bottles a corn-based vodka called Spirits of the Blue Ridge.

Virginia Beach man given posthumous award (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
PITTSBURGH -- A Virginia man who died while trying to save a friend from drowning is among 26 people awarded Carnegie medals for their heroic acts. The Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded the medals on Wednesday to a diverse group of Americans and Canadians. In May 2007, Kenneth W. Ringeisen of Virginia Beach, died while trying to save Donald M. Adams from drowning. The two ...

Fresh off the Farm and on Virginia’s School Menus (AG Weekly)
State officials have launched a program designed to connect small Virginia farmers with schools in hopes of boosting the agricultural economy and encouraging children to eat organic, locally grown food.