Dollar General Donates More Than 755,000 Pounds of Food to Virginia Food Banks
Dollar General donated more than 755,000 pounds of food to Virginia food banks in 2024. The company’s total donations nationwide topped 28 million pounds last year, marking over 50 million meals provided since teaming up with Feeding America. Virginia partners include Feed More, Feeding Southwest Virginia, and Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.
Read MoreCandidates Must File Soon To Beat the Deadline
Local election offices in Gloucester and Mathews are urging candidates to file early for the November election. The deadline to qualify is June 17, the same day as the primary. Gloucester has three school board and three board of supervisors seats open; Mathews has two each. So far, Gloucester’s school board has no candidates. Early […]
Read MoreGrowing Number of Virginians Actually Finance Groceries
New data from Lending Tree shows a growing number of Virginians are financing the purchase of their groceries. A survey of two-thousand consumers ages 18 to 79 found that half reported using credit to help cover the cost of food. Lending Tree said 25-percent of those surveyed said they used buy now, pay later loans […]
Read MoreVirginia Home Sales Plunge
Virginia home sales slowed in February, down nine percent compared to last year. Alex Reed has the figures… <<According to Virginia Realtors, about sixty-one hundred homes sold statewide, cutting total sales volume by nearly five percent. Despite the drop, prices continue to climb — the median sales price hit four hundred three thousand five hundred […]
Read MoreYoung Strokes Becoming More Frequent
Strokes in young people are becoming more frequent in Virginia and doctors are trying to make sense of it. Thomas Cage with more…
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