A scheduled September 23rd visit by Governor Youngkin to Gainesville in Prince William County on his bus ‘The Spirit of America’ has been cancelled due to the Governor’s declaration of a storm emergency, a news release said.

This is an unusual storm, which has been difficult to accurately forecast, approaching large population centers with many at-risk communities. Accordingly, the pre-positioning of response assets and supplies will be necessary to assist our local and state partners. The Virginia Emergency Support Team will activate for this incident.

A tropical storm warning is already in effect for coastal Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland. Forecasts are calling for the eastern and central regions of the Commonwealth to be impacted by significantly heavy rains and strong winds. To prevent unnecessary traffic crashes from occurring on Va. highways, state police advise residents to postpone travel plans and avoid driving, if possible.

Agriculture and forestry are Virginia’s most hazardous occupations, according to Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). Farmers and forestry workers are at high risk for fatal and nonfatal injuries, noise-induced hearing loss, skin diseases, and high levels of stress associated with these occupations.

Leiber, a German manufacturer that processes brewers’ yeast into animal nutrition, biotechnology, and nutraceutical products, will invest up to $20 million to establish its first U.S. operation in Innovation Village in Rockingham County, near the Shenandoah Valley.

National POW-MIA Day is Friday, Sept. 15. Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered that the Stars and Stripes, the Virginia flag and the MIA flag be flown from sunrise to sunset Sept. 15

Occoquan's VFW Post 7916 will hold a brief ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day in Occoquan's Mamie Davis Park at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15.

Hermes Abrasives will add 30 new jobs and invest $5.6 million in moving some manufacturing operations from Mexico back to Virginia.