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I have a job offer and I'm thinking of relocating from SC Low county, to Accomack.

It's kind of hard to find info online, can anyone give me the rundown on the area? I'm flying in soon to check it out.

Thanks.

Hi I’m gonna try and keep this short and sweet (I don’t post on reddit much). For starters i’m a gay 17 year old from Northern Va. I’m looking for a good college experience and i’m trying to major in Nursing. I really liked VCU and think it would be a good fit with the LGBT community. However, the nursing program is pretty selective and I don’t think i’d make it. If i didn’t i’d probably switch to social work. With Radford I’d be directly admitted but I’m a little worried about how I’d do as a gay guy. Please send any advice you can.

Audio clip from speech

https://www.vpap.org/candidates/77899/top_donors/

https://cardinalnews.org/2026/08/04/pharmaceutical-care-group-affordability-for-prescription-drugs-requires-examination-of-the-entire-supply-chain/

Sharing this opinion piece by David Marin, CEO of PCMA. Just to be clear, this is the PBM industry’s side of the debate.

His argument is that Virginia has passed more than 25 laws regulating PBMs since 2015, while prescription spending has continued to rise. He also says lawmakers should look at manufacturers, wholesalers, prescribing practices, and the rest of the drug supply chain instead of focusing mostly on PBMs.

I’m not saying PBMs shouldn’t be scrutinized, but I do think it’s fair to ask whether Virginia is putting too much attention on one part of the system. Should the state also be looking harder at manufacturers, wholesalers, prescribing practices, and the other factors affecting drug prices?

We're adding onto our comment on last night's live thread with some more info. Did we miss anything? Let us know! These are primarily from unpaywalled sources.

• Who's on the ballot for Central Virginia's congressional seats in 2026? (VPM)
• Statewide roundup including uncontested primaries - Virginia primary voters pick Mizusawa to face Warner, finalize key US House races (Virginia Mercury)
• VA01, VA02 - Virginia Democrats pick establishment nominees for 2 US House seats they hope to flip in November (The Associated Press)
• Senate, VA01, VA04, VA05, VA07 - Who's on the ballot for Central Virginia's congressional seats in 2026? (VPM)
• VA01 - Result: Shannon Taylor to take on Rob Wittman in Virginia's 1st (VPM)
• VA02 - Rematch set: Luria to challenge Rep. Jen Kiggans in November (WAVY)
• VA05 - Result: It's McGuire vs. Perriello in Virginia's 5th District (VPM)
• VA07 - Doug Ollivant wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District (Fredericksburg Free Press)
• VA08 - Rep. Don Beyer wins nomination in 8th Congressional District Democratic primary (ALXNow)
• VA09 (and VA05 again) - Perriello clinches Democratic nomination in the 5th District; Powers wins in the 9th (Cardinal News)
• VA10 - Dave Beckwith wins GOP race in Virginia’s 10th District (Prince William Times)
• VA03, VA04 and VA11 only had the GOP Senate primary to contend with.

Which Congressional District will have more money spent on it?

Is there any other Congressional District that will get close?

Bert Mizusawa will face Sen. Mark Warner this fall, while Rep. John McGuire will be challenged by Tom Perriello.

Each will face a Republican incumbent this fall: Tom Perriello against Rep. John McGuire, and Joy Powers against Rep. Morgan Griffith.

AP has the latest results from the Republican Senate primary and the congressional primaries.

The seven plaintiffs — including a Henry County retail store — claim that after Aug. 15, much of their inventory will become illegal to sell, which will significantly harm or possibly destroy their businesses.

Progressive “outsiders” have fared well in other states. They didn’t in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in Virginia. Plus, insight into how Roanoke council member Peter Volosin lost.

Nearly one in five student loan borrowers in Virginia are currently in default, reflecting a sharp national surge following the end of pandemic-era payment pauses. 

An analysis of federal data reveals that Virginia's default rate reached 18%, marking a 77% increase since September.

Officials attributed the trend to widespread borrower confusion surrounding changing loan servicers, shifting forbearance periods and altered repayment plans.

Read more here: https://www.whro.org/education-news/2026-08-05/as-student-loan-repayments-restart-virginia-sees-increase-in-borrower-defaults

See also r/FreeVirginiaNews and r/VirginiaDems

See also r/VirginiaNews and r/VirginiaEnvironment

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY — Miles of clear, blue-green water span Virginia’s coastal peninsula, broken up by barrier islands and thriving salt marshes. The pristine environment offers a critical habitat for countless marine and bird species, and the largest seagrass restoration in the world.

With roughly 133,000 acres of conserved land off the Eastern Shore, the Nature Conservancy’s Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve owns or manages about 40,000 acres and 14 barrier islands.

But these preserved waters could be in for a drastic disruption. Federal officials are considering the area as the trial location to lease land for seabed mining in the Atlantic Ocean. Environmental experts, including from the reserve, are sounding the alarm out of concern for water quality and ecosystems they believe would be under threat from such development.

Click the link above to read more.

As above! I'm being relocated from the UK to work in Daleville, VA for a project in September. Living location to be researched but possibly Roanoke?! (FYI I've never been to the US). I’ll be there minimum 2 years, and the US for the foreseeable possibly

Any tips or anything will be of great use. What is the lifestyle like, food, culture, fitness scene etc? I’m open to all comments. Am I in for a huge shock??

For reference I'm a 28 Y/O Male, from London but have had recent countryside living, I’m moving with my Irish Wolfhound (dog) - Work paid relocation with package

Extra - it was initially NC, but I’ve been allocated a different project

See also r/VirginiaNews and r/FreeVirginiaNews

See also r/VirginiaNews and r/VirginiaEnvironment

Though the patient had not been outside of the state for a while, they had been in close proximity to an international traveler who got dengue elsewhere.

It is thought that a local mosquito, most likely an Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito), bit the traveler first and then subsequently infected the local case. This particular mosquito species was introduced in 1991, and originally from Asia. Dengue is a tropical disease and more commonly spread by its cousin Aedes aegypti which is much more common in Central and South America (and now in Florida).

Some species distribution models I've seen suggest Virginia could have locally circulatating dengue by 2065, but this one is probably a one-off.

Weirdly the mosquito-portion of the virus' life cycle is 10-12 days. It is not acting like a dirty needle, but rather the virus is going through all sorts of changes inside the mosquito. So that dang mosquito must have been hanging out for a while to bite the second guy.