Loving, a motion picture based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia married couple who, in 1958, were arrested for violating a state law at the time prohibiting interracial marriage will be filmed in Virginia. The couple sued. Their case was ultimately heard in 1967 by the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming a landmark civil rights case in defense of marriage equality.

A new HMart supermarket, opened to shoppers at 9:30 this morning, April 25, in the space at Manassas Junction formerly occupied by Giant Food. The new store stocks lots of fresh produce and fresh seafood and many traditional grocery items. Regular hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.

Navy Federal Credit Union has closed a record-breaking $20 million deal with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation (MCHF) on a commercial construction loan to complete the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va.

The historical authenticity of Virginia continues to draw film production to the state. The feature film Josephine will be filming in Halifax County this spring, helmed by Academy of Country Music award-winner Rory Feek. Josephine is a Civil War drama about a woman who enlists in the confederate army as a man in order to find her missing husband…and is based on actual letters and events.

Betty M. Sandler, a principal in the Lake Ridge, VA law firm of Nichols Zauzig Sandler PC, has been named the 2015 winner of the Betty A. Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award by the Virginia State Bar's Family Law Section.

Potomac Mills closed at 2 p.m., today, Thursday, March 5, 2015, due to current winter conditions.

The board of directors of Didlake, Inc., a leading provider of employment and other opportunities for people with disabilities, has named Rick Sebastian as its new president, effective April 1. Sebastian will assume the role of president as part of an ongoing transition process in which he will ultimately succeed current president and CEO Rex Parr.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today, Jan. 27, that Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage point in December to 4.8 percent and was down 0.4 percentage point from December 2013. Seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment was up 6,000 jobs between November 2014 and December 2014 to 3,797,300, surpassing the pre-recession peak