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Fiery School Board Meeting Brings Out Black Panthers in Virginia
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPowhatan County Public SchoolsTension between a Virginia school board and members of the public was...
Johnston County will shorten its school year to get fall exams in before Christmas
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSchool leaders say NC’s calendar law doesn’t offer enough flexibility. The state’s tourism industry...
What Triangle families need to know as most students return to area classrooms Monday
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFewer bus drivers. Pricier lunches. New visitor rules and the ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights.’ A lot of...
Philanthropist tickled pink: Wins online auction to benefit children
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPETERSBURG — Philanthropist Bill Nicholson, who owns the historic Hudson-Day House on High Street,...
Before Langley Air Force Base: The muddy history of Shellbanks, Sherwood and other plantations of...
Daily Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDetonations echoed across the Back River as dynamite planted under tree stumps liberated them from...
Peninsula community college changes building name, recognizes Kecoughtan tribe
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 8 months agoVirginia Peninsula Community College announced this week that it will change the name of Griffin and Wythe halls, which are connected and function as one building, to Kecoughtan Hall. The college ...
Full September calendar includes 9/11 tributes, car shows, celebrations and Hesperia Days
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe September calendar is full of events in the High Desert, including 9/11 memorials, car shows,...
Indian tribes awarded inaugural state grants to help keep their history alive
Daily Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Rappahannock and Chickahominy Indian tribes are two of 12 inaugural recipients to receive grants from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture’s Commonwealth History Fund. The grants are ...
Editorial: Reflecting on the role of indigenous people
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere has long been debate about America’s celebration of Columbus Day, which commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas and has been a federal holiday since 1937. Activists ...
MoH exhibit to feature Claremore Cherokee women
Claremore Daily Progress, Okla. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 9—Claremore's Museum of History has received a $20,000 matching grant from the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is the seventh major grant the museum has won since its establishment in 2011 ...
