Carlos Santos
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Governor Northam Issues Statewide Stay at Home Order
Mar. 30, 202001893 RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today issued a statewide Stay at Home order to protect the health and safety of Virginians and mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The executive order takes effect immediately and will remain in place until June 10, 2020, unless amended or rescinded by a further executive...
Governor Northam Directs Postponement of Elective Surgeries
Mar. 25, 20200197 RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, MD, MA today (March 25) directed all hospitals to stop performing elective surgeries or procedures to help conserve supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE). The public health emergency order does not apply to any procedure if the delay would...
Sheriff: Gatherings of 10 or more prohibited
Mar. 25, 20200527 Press release The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office is committed to doing our part to help ensure the health and safety or our citizens. We want to remind everyone that Governor Northam’s Executive Order Number Fifty- Three is now in effect and will remain in effect until April 23, 2020 at 11:59 pm. Under this order, gatherings of...
Governor Orders Statewide Closure of Schools, Certain Non-Essential Businesses
Mar. 23, 20200292 Press release RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today issued a statewide order to protect the health and safety of Virginians and reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. Executive Order Fifty-Three orders the closure of certain non-essential businesses, bans all gatherings of more than 10 people, and closes all K-12...
Gov. Northam responds to COVID-19 outbreak
Mar. 21, 20200117 March 21, 2020—Governor Northam shared the following actions his administration has taken to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak: On Friday, the Governor signed an executive order that gives hospitals and nursing homes more flexibility to add the beds they need without going through red tape. Learn more...
Fluvanna woman charged in murder of daughter
Feb. 28, 202003118 A Fluvanna woman has been charged with the murder of her daughter who died in 2018. Suzanne Ruth Mirsky was arrested on Feb. 24 on a charge of murder in connection with the death of Kayla Mirsky, 19, who died on Dec. 12 of 2018, according to a press release from the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office. Suzanne Mirsky is also charged...
Student taken into custody for school threats
Feb. 26, 20200675 The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office has taken a student into custody for making threats of violence against the county schools. The schools received a threat on Tuesday (Feb. 25) stating “…We ready for tomorrow because we finna (sic) (expletive omitted) everyone up,” according to a press release from the sheriff’s office....
Fluvanna man charged with failure to vaccinate rabid dog
Jan. 7, 20200764 A Fluvanna County man has been charged with failure to vaccinate his Pitbull, which was captured near Scottsville last month and found to be rabid. Richard Shane Kelley also faces eight other counts of failure to vaccinate a companion animal and four counts of not having a county dog license, according to Capt. David Wells of the...