News you can use: Corn starch repels mosquitoes
Most people know corn starch can be used for cooking, as a stain remover and as a deodorizer. Now they...
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Governor announces phase two guidelines to further ease public health restrictions; effective Friday, June 5
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Tuesday signed Executive Order Sixty-Five and presented the second phase of the "Forward Virginia" plan...
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Board approves VT 2020-21 tuition freeze
Virginia Tech's War Memorial PylonsThe Virginia Tech Board of Visitors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a tuition freeze for resident...
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VT undergraduate summer enrollment up by nearly 28 percent
Built in 1936, Burruss Hall is Virginia Tech's main administrative building. Photo by Ray Messe for Virginia Tech.Virginia Tech saw...
Read moreSafer at Home: Phase Two guidelines for religious services
Scope: Religious services.Phase 2: Religious services must be conducted according to the following requirements:Occupancy shall be limited to no more...
Read moreSafer at home: Phase Two guidelines for restaurant and beverage services
Scope: restaurants, dining establishments, food courts, breweries, cideries, mobile units (food trucks), distilleries, wineries and tasting rooms.Phase 2: Establishments must...
Read moreSafer at home: Phase Two guidelines for brick and mortar retail
Scope: All non-essential brick and mortar retail establishments.Phase 2: Establishments must either implement the following mandatory requirements or close.Mandatory Requirements:Businesses...
Read moreSafer at home: Phase Two guidelines for farmers markets
Establishments must either implement the following mandatory requirements or close.Businesses must strictly adhere to the physical distancing guidelines, enhanced cleaning...
Read moreSafer at Home: Phase Two guidelines for personal care and personal grooming services
Scope: Beauty salons, barbershops, spas, massage centers, tanning salons, tattoo shops, and any other location where personal care or personal...
Read moreSafer at Home: Phase Two guidelines for entertainment and public amusement
Scope: Outdoor performing arts venues, outdoor concert venues, outdoor movie theaters, drive-in entertainment, outdoor sports venues, museums, botanical gardens, aquariums,...
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