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    The Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission last week approved 19 funding requests across Southwest and Southern Virginia and 11 Workforce Financial Aid requests to increase educational opportunities and job readiness.

      President Joe Biden is marking Memorial Day with a pledge the United States will continue the work of the nation’s fallen toward creating a more perfect union. Biden spoke Monday at a solemn remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. The Democratic president says each generation must ensure the sacrifice of the country’s service members is not in vain. Biden says freedom has never been guaranteed and every generation has to earn it, fight for it and defend it. Biden was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and  placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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      Members of the Washington County Board of Supervisors and the Washington County Planning Commission heard a presentation by Steve Malnight, president of Catalyst Energy, about a massive solar energy project.

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