Elle Meyers

“When I was in a leadership role, it was even worse because I had to tell my employees, if you’re throwing up, go to the bathroom. If you have a fever, just don’t act like it, you know?” Despite a whirlwind legislative session in Virginia’s General Assembly this year that made changes to everything from…

The coronavirus has disrupted almost every aspect of life in the U.S and it’s not stopping with 2020: It could also delay Virginia’s legislative elections in 2021. The Census Bureau will likely need more time to finalize results of this year’s headcount, as stay-at-home orders due to coronavirus prevented the bureau from hiring and training…

In the same week that hundreds of protesters gathered in Richmond to oppose stay-at-home orders, local health experts in Virginia said social distancing measures are working and warned against reopening the economy too quickly.  Doctors and health professionals across Virginia gathered for a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday hosted by Eastern Virginia Medical School…

For people like Jose Chacon, who owns and operates a small business in Fairfax, Virginia, the nation’s high unemployment rate is much more than a statistic. Chacon and his wife, Jennifer Tillman, opened their holistic wellness practice in 2008. Together they use practices like stretch therapy, massage therapy and performance coaching to help people get…

We’re nearing the end, but experts say social distancing will still be needed to prevent an outbreak later this year

Danville’s Avicia Thorpe was born in 1908 and has chronicled her life story in a series of poems that her great niece published for her as a gift.

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout Virginia, two local police chiefs say they’ve had to change everything they do in order to maintain the law and keep their staff safe.

First responders are on the front lines of fighting the effects of the coronavirus, expected to show up each day and care for patients in crisis, pandemic or not.  Gene Thompson is one of those front line workers. He has been a firefighter for 23 years and is a member of the local rescue squad.…

Emergency federal funding meant to help small businesses make payroll might end up getting funneled to Trump family hotels, including their Charlottesville winery, instead of small businesses that need it most.

Bishop Gerald Glenn passed away less than a month after holding his last church service An evangelical pastor in Richmond who continued to hold church services despite official calls for social distancing has died of coronavirus.  Bishop Gerald O. Glenn held his last known in-person service on March 22 at the New Deliverance Evangelist Church,…