Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado and here are our top headlines for Friday, April 24th. Virginia hospitals say they’re ready to resume handling the elective care that Gov. Ralph Northam ordered them to stop in order to ensure there was enough beds and equipment to care for people with the coronavirus. But Gov. Ralph Northam rebuffed their state association’s request to let his ban on non-emergency care expire Friday. He extended it for another week.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Thursday, April 23rd. Six weeks after passing a budget that included more education funding and raises for state employees, lawmakers gathered in Richmond on Wednesday under extraordinary circumstances to consider halting most of that new spending and allocating millions of dollars to the coronavirus pandemic response.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Wednesday April 22nd. When state lawmakers reconvene in Richmond on Wednesday, they won’t be at their assigned desks under the dome of the Capitol, literally close enough to rub elbows with their seatmates. Instead, they’ll be casting votes on amendments proposed by Gov.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Tuesday, April 21. A group of public and private health officials will coordinate to figure out how many coronavirus tests are needed per day and how those tests will be obtained as Virginia looks to eventually loosen stay-at-home restrictions. The testing work group will be headed by former Virginia Health Commissioner Karen Remley and state epidemiologist Lillian Peake, Gov.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm [name], and here are our top headlines for [day, date]. There are now more than 8,500 coronavirus cases in Virginia and another 19 deaths were reported overnight, bringing the statewide tally to 277, according to statistics released this morning by the Virginia Department of Health.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Friday, April 17th. Before the novel coronavirus arrived in Virginia, nursing homes throughout the state had already been struggling to follow routine steps designed to stop infections from spreading.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Thursday, April 16th. Norfolk International Airport had about half as many passengers flying into and out of the region in March as it did a year ago, because of stay-at-home orders and warnings related to the coronavirus. The airport had 316,690 passengers in March 2019. Last month, it had 160,277 passengers. Airlines have cut back on flights in response to the lack of demand.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Wednesday, April 15th. In the wake of Monday's storms, insurance adjusters, tree removers, utility workers and city staffers who collect debris fanned out Tuesday across Hampton Roads to help residents clean up. More than 151,000 Dominion Energy customers in Hampton Roads and northern North Carolina lost power on Monday. More than 4,000 were still without Tuesday evening, 30 hours after the storm.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm [name], and here are our top headlines for [day, date]. Virginia officials are now optimistic the state has enough hospital capacity to handle the number of coronavirus patients in the coming months, but how to prevent a later surge has yet to be determined.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Monday, April 13th. Virginia’s confirmed coronavirus cases increased by about 200 overnight — the smallest jump in nearly two weeks, new data from the state health department shows. But the count could be underestimated due to a change in the health department’s reporting structure, officials wrote in a daily update.