Local Headlines: Va. Gov. Youngkin’s assertive first week in office leaves Republicans jubilant, Democrats fuming
| Youngkin's mask-optional order divides Virginia schools and parents, threatening chaos; Anti-vaccine activists march in D.C. — a city that mandates coronavirus vaccination — to protest mandates ; Virginia lieutenant governor Earle-Sears makes her mark in Richmond during tumultuous first week; Federal prosecutors have been investigating D.C.'s pension board, responsible for $10 billion retirement fund; Va.'s new attorney general fires U-Va. counsel who was on leave working as top investigator for Jan. 6 panel; Rare 370-year-old Spanish cross found at Maryland archaeological site; D.C.-area forecast: A third straight colder-than-normal week, but the chance of snow is small; A message in a bottle that traveled 3,200 miles helped heal a Maryland boy's grief; An old Virginia plantation, a new owner and a family legacy unveiled; Gonzaga suspends John Stockton's season tickets after he fails to follow mask mandate |
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| | | |  |  | | Essential news and more for DMV residents. | | | | | |  (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch) In his first week in office, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has used his executive powers to eliminate mask mandates, ban critical race theory and rattle lawmakers in Richmond. By Gregory S. Schneider and Laura Vozzella ● Read more » | | | | Conflicts are expected Monday as Gov. Glenn Youngkin's mask-optional order takes effect for Virginia schools. Several Northern Virginia districts are planning to continue requiring masks, but groups of parents have pledged to send their students to school without them. By Hannah Natanson ● Read more » | | | Thousands of people attended the anti-vaccine rally, marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. By Katie Mettler, Lizzie Johnson, Justin Wm. Moyer, Jessica Contrera, Emily Davies, Ellie Silverman, Peter Hermann and Peter Jamison ● Read more » | | | Winsome Earle-Sears sparked anger during her first week by suggesting that local school districts will lose state funding if they do not comply with the executive order to loosen mask requirements. By Antonio Olivo and Laura Vozzella ● Read more » | | | | The retirement board is responsible for maintaining the multibillion-dollar trust fund used to disburse pensions to more than 25,000 retirees who have worked for the District's public schools and its police and fire departments. An August subpoena sought documentation of a variety of financial transactions, including records of payments to those who handle the pension fund's investments. By Julie Zauzmer Weil ● Read more » | | | | Jason Miyares also fired the counsel for George Mason University. By Justin Jouvenal and Lauren Lumpkin ● Read more » | | | A 370-year-old Spanish cross has been found in a St. Mary's archaeological dig. Did Native Americans help bring it there? By Michael E. Ruane ● Read more » | | | | Highs most days are only in the 30s, with lows in the 20s and teens. By Jason Samenow ● Read more » | | | | The bottle surfacing in Ireland was a salve for Sasha Yonyak, 14, whose friend died two years after they had tossed it off the side of a fishing boat in Ocean City, Md. By Sydney Page ● Read more » | | | A man who purchased a plantation home in the rural Virginia community he grew up in later learned its original owners had enslaved his ancestors. By Joe Heim ● Read more » | | | | The Hall of Famer is Gonzaga's most storied player. He has definite views on coronavirus vaccination. By Cindy Boren ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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