A month from today, Southern Sudan will become an independent nation. Virginia State University has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to help two universities there develop agriculture programs.

Virginia’s largest utility is asking state regulators to approve a pilot program that would provide a break to electric car owners who charge their vehicles during off-peak hours.
Charles Fishburne reports.

During the past few months Virginia, federal officials and the seafood industry have struggled with how to proceed with state oyster restoration. In some cases the issue has pitted scientists against one another. Today state fisheries managers from around the Chesapeake Bay and the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bay Office continue a two-day meeting in the Northern Neck. On their agenda are the next steps for a bay-wide oyster restoration strategy and how to measure its success. WCVE’s Northern Neck Correspondent Pamela D’Angelo reports.

State and federal highway safety officials have launched a 72 hour blitz to enforce roadside safety inspections of commercial vehicles. But as Charles Fishburne reports, it won’t include buses.