Elle Meyers

UPDATE: 20% of employees who were tested at the Tyson’s plant in Accomack County were positive for coronavirus, but the company says many were asymptomatic. See the details below. Factories can be breeding grounds for viruses, with close quarters on the production line and tools like fingerprint scanners to clock in and out of shifts.…

Virginia’s 4th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments today in a years-long legal challenge brought by a transgender man who sued his school board after he was barred from using the boys’ bathroom at his high school.  Last year a federal judge ruled in favor of Gavin Grimm, who argued that the Gloucester County School…

Gov. Ralph Northam announced that all Virginians will be required to wear masks while inside public spaces and that Northern Virginia will begin reopening starting Friday May, 29th.  The new face covering guidance means that when residents visit stores, barber shops, restaurants and travel on public transportation, among other things, they will be expected to…

Gov. Ralph Northam announced two new pilot programs designed to help people check their symptoms and have food delivered safely to residents’ homes. The first program, a telehealth tool called COVID Check, is being launched Friday by the state health department. The telehealth tool will help answer questions about coronavirus symptoms and give residents recommendations…

Many summer camps in the commonwealth have decided not to host campers this year in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. The decision is sure to have an impact on families in Virginia that depend on camps for school age children while parents are working through the summer months.  And according to the…

Richmond Public Schools and others in the state are already suffering from budget shortfalls due to the coronavirus pandemic, and now officials say new guidelines from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos could make matters worse. Congress approved about $13.5 billion in relief funding for elementary and secondary schools, which was primarily meant for public schools.…

Gov. Ralph Northam said the state has reached its goal of testing 10,000 people for COVID-19 in one day at a press conference Wednesday.  Northam explained that on Tuesday the state administered 9,780 nasal swab tests that detect if a patient has an active case of the coronavirus and 426 antibody tests which are done…

Voting in Virginia already looks different this year, as officials encourage residents to cast their ballots through the mail to limit the spread of COVID-19. Every state allows citizens to vote by absentee ballot if they cannot make it to the polling station on Election Day, but it is easier in some places than others.…

Gov. Ralph Northam is letting Virginia Beach reopen on Friday, just days after warm weather brought large crowds to the oceanfront that is technically still closed to swimming and sunbathing. At a press conference Northam said Virginia Beach had improved its plans for social distancing enough to gain his approval to reopen. There are still…

Gov. Ralph Northam said Virginia has made “significant progress” testing residents since the beginning of the pandemic, and gave an overview of the state’s finances in a press conference Friday. “It’s important to understand that we are continuing to make significant progress on our testing,” Northam said. He explained that by April 21 the commonwealth…