All Residents Accounted For After Buchanan Flood; More

Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

July 15, 2022

• All Buchanan County residents appear to be accounted for after flooding that caused “apocalyptic” damage to buildings and roads.—Cardinal News

• A 67-year-old Buchanan woman said she survived the night in a tree after escaping her flooded home.—Bristol Herald Courier

• A Bedford County library moved a Pride Month display after an aggressive backlash and an apparent plan by critics to check out all the LGBTQ books at the same time so no one else could see them.—News & Advance

• The Virginia NAACP is taking issue with comments two Madison County School Board members made about racial equity.—Daily Progress

• Federal lawmakers from Northern Virginia have introduced legislation to drop Robert E. Lee’s name from the official moniker of Arlington House.—ARLnow

• Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration is no longer recommending quarantining and masks for COVID-19 exposures in schools, day cares and camps.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• When asked about the administration’s reluctance to use the word “equity” in public health contexts, a Youngkin spokesperson said the administration “is committed to using data to deliver measurable results, not unfulfilled promises of equity.”—WTVR

• A federal judge is sorting out how much insurance money is available for the victims of a deadly hepatitis A outbreak that originated at two Famous Anthony’s restaurants in Roanoke.—Roanoke Times

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