Thursday, September 25, 2025

Good Morning! On this day in 1789, Congress agreed on 12 amendments to the new Constitution, which had been introduced by James Madison in the House of Representatives, and sent them to the states for consideration. Articles three through twelve were ratified and became the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791.

Earlier this week, we asked which town has a more charming downtown. Middleburg, Cape Charles, and Charlottesville finished in a virtual tie. Lexington was the favorite among write-in votes. Farmville, Old Town Alexandria, and Barboursville were also mentioned.

In today’s Poll, we celebrate the change of seasons by asking which is your favorite. Cast your vote below, and hit reply to tell us why it’s the best!

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Tunnel Project Bores Through

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project marked a milestone yesterday when its boring machine—nicknamed Mary—broke through the headwall at South Island. This was the final section of the tunnel to be dug out.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy were on hand for a ceremony before Mary emerged. VDOT provided a live video feed of the breakthrough.

This segment of the boring project started last October, after Mary dug a parallel tunnel from Norfolk to Hampton.

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion will cost $3.9 billion and require replacing five bridges and adding these two tunnels. It’s the largest construction project in state history and is scheduled to be finished by 2027.

One-On-One with the Candidates

Early election voting started a week ago, and traditionally Republican districts were off to a fast start. Among the 20 districts with the most votes so far, 11 lean Republican, five lean Democratic, and four are rated as competitive.

Roanoke television station WSLS offered in-depth interviews with Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the gubernatorial candidates. Both discussed economic issues and vowed to protect children.

“I’m hearing about electric bills that are $800, $1,600. Somebody has to do something, and that somebody is me,” Earle-Sears said. She vowed to keep the Commonwealth out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and to engage in tough talks with power companies.

Spanberger vowed to work “in concert with the General Assembly to pull on every lever to contend with the housing affordability crisis, to work to lower costs in health care, and to contend with a real challenge facing so many Virginians when we get our energy bills.” Early voting ends Nov. 1.

Vaccination Schedule Remains Unchanged

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee voted last week to recommend against giving children younger than four the combined measles, mumps, rubella, and chicken pox vaccine.

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH)—which currently recommends inoculations against all four diseases after 12 months—said it will not change its guidance until the CDC makes its recommendation fully official.

VDH said fewer children are getting vaccinated overall, with the religious exemption rate for kindergartners edging up from 2.1% in 2023 to 2.4% last year and medical exemptions holding steady at 0.3%.

The CDC’s target for avoiding measles outbreaks is for 95% of children to be vaccinated. In the city of Alexandria, the Virginia Department of Health said that 83% of kindergartners were fully vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella last year.

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➤ Danville: The wife of city council member Lee Vogler said his final skin graft surgery was successful and that the family hopes he can make a complete recovery. Vogler was attacked and set on fire at his personal job in July. A suspect has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. (Details)

➤ Herndon: Denis Humberto Navarette Romero, an illegal migrant who is accused of raping a woman near a bike path last year, was declared incompetent to stand trial in Fairfax County. He is scheduled to face another hearing in December. (More)

➤ Washington, D.C.: The District’s government won a $77,100 judgment against Ayanna Khalya Wilson, a Virginia driver who piled up 244 speeding citations from 2019-2024 and has not paid the fines. D.C.’s district attorney said out-of-state drivers, including many Virginians, owe a collective $619,632 in unpaid traffic citations. (Details)

➤ Statewide: Families across the Commonwealth can participate in a new program from Medicare: Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience. GUIDE offers as much as 72 hours of temporary relief care at no cost to the family. (More)

➤ Henrico: The Roseshire Gaming Parlor is set to open on Monday, after the Virginia Racing Commission voted last week to approve its license. (More)

➤ Goochland County: The county planning commission scheduled a second meeting for today to discuss the possibility of allowing a “small modular nuclear reactor facility” in a proposed Technology Overlay District. A meeting last week ran late, and not all the people who had signed up to speak had time to address the commission. (Details)

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➤ The Washington Nationals return home to finish a dismal season against the even-more-woeful White Sox. The Nats finally topped Atlanta 4-3 yesterday after losing six straight against the Braves in September. (Details)

➤ Virginia native and Auburn football superstar Rudi Johnson died at 45 this week. The former Cincinnati Bengal played for Thomas Dale High School and was recently inducted into the Chesterfield Sports Hall of Fame. (More)

➤ Virginia Tech men’s basketball opened practice with Coach Mike Young, who said the team is a “work in progress” while also expressing confidence. “I do think we’ve got ample time to get it all in a good place heading into the season,” Young said. (Details)

➤ UVA men’s soccer jumped from unranked to No. 12 in the country following its upset win over then-No. 1 Wake Forest last week. The Demon Deacons dropped to No. 13. (More)

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➤ Falls Church city officials said they will work collaboratively with their Fairfax County counterparts to speed redevelopment of a parcel of land that’s on the border between the two jurisdictions. (Details)

➤ July was the busiest month in the history of Richmond International Airport. More than 467,000 passengers passed through RIC that month. (More)

➤ Dominion Energy’s first battery storage facility got the thumbs up from the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors. The project will be built close to Dominion’s solar and natural gas production facilities near Remington. (Details)

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➤ The Virginia Department of Forestry will install riparian forest buffers for qualifying owners near rivers, lakes, and creeks. The goal is to hold sediment and pollutants in the soil before they reach running water. (Details)

➤ The Richmond International Film Festival is underway and runs through Sunday. (Schedule)

➤ Dumfries purchased the 161-acre Campbell property for $3.9 million. The town plans to develop a waterfront district on the land. (Details)

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