Charlottesville’s Greenbrier and Johnson elementary schools have been recognized by the Virginia Department of Education as Title I Distinguished Schools for their academic achievements.

The University of Virginia Research Park will be expanding after the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved its rezoning request Wednesday evening.

The Henrico County School Board will approve a budget tonight that would increase class sizes and eliminate more than 100 positions. The board delayed voting on the $402.4 million fiscal 2011 spending plan Feb. 25 to wait for more concrete numbers from the state. The current Henrico school budget is…

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has unveiled a new Shenandoah National Park license plate that will help support park operations.

Appomattox Town Manager Bart Van Nieuwenhuise has been placed on administrative leave without pay for eight days, Mayor Paul Harvey said Wednesday.

Richmond City Health District vaccinators will offer free H1N1 swine-flu vaccinations at the Greyhound Bus Station, 2910 N. Boulevard, from 6 tonight to 6 tomorrow morning. Vaccinations will be available to the general public and Greyhound customers. Both injected and nasal spray flu vaccine will be…

The bad budget blues had a five-stanza stand yesterday at the Hanover County Board of Supervisors meeting. With five departments reporting on how the proposed county budget will affect services, the board got five versions of what has to go and how much it hurts. The county’s proposed budget of…