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Lief to step down as VIR general manager

09/05/10 - 6:41 pm

Josh Lief, general manager at Virginia International Raceway since 2006, announced Saturday that he will be stepping down at the end of the year, although Lief said he would remain with VIR as a senior advisor “for the foreseeable future.”

Halifax News

National Tobacco Ball returns to Prizery

Pre-K art classes raising money for supplies

Virginians need to prepare for Hurricane Earl

A FUN NIGHT IN HALIFAX

Trustees consider new review option by superintendents group

Mecklenburg News

Fast action expected on facilities

New Beginnings program builds togetherness

Reese gets 20 year sentence in fatal stabbing

Virginia prevails on Kerr water allocation

State park marina presentation readied

SVHEC’s Workforce Forward forum Sept. 23

09/03/10 - 1:05 pm > Colleges > Southern Virginia Higher Education Center

On Sept. 23, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Prizery, the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center will host its inaugural Workforce Forward 2011 Forum. The Forum will bring together business, industry, education, workforce and economic development leaders to discuss current and future education and workforce…

Sinai receives $600,000 grant for after school/summer programs

Sinai Elementary School has been awarded a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant of $200,000 per year for the next three years. The funds will allow Sinai Elementary to provide special after school and summer programs for its students. Sinai is the only elementary school in the County to receive the special grant.

Dollar General continues partnership with HCPS

Dollar General announced on Thursday that it is partnering with Halifax County Public Schools to give three books to every child in all the County's elementary schools for the next three years. The donation from Dollar General amounts to a total of $55,440 with 8,400 books to be given to 2,800 students each year.

Secretary of Education visits SVHEC

Virginia Secretary of Education Gerard Robinson sits in the WoodLINKS/Product Design & Development award winning chair. The Chair won first place at the national AWFS Woodworking Fair last year. With Robinson is Business of Art & Design Coordinator Ben Capozzi.

09/03/10 - 8:17 am > Colleges > Southern Virginia Higher Education Center

Virginia’s Secretary of Education Gerard Robinson and deputy Secretary of Education Laura Fornash recently visited the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center (SVHEC).

Town mulls ordinance changes

South Boston police chief details numbers of arrests

SHOW TIME

Comet volleyball beginning to click

Lief to step down as VIR general manager

SVHEC’s Workforce Forward forum Sept. 23

Sinai receives $600,000 grant for after school/summer programs

Dollar General continues partnership with HCPS

Secretary of Education visits SVHEC

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