Important Meeting
TONIGHT: U.S. Army Public Listening Meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Army Logistics University, the Multipurpose Room in Building 12420 
New Leadership
Colonial Heights Elects Mayor Gregory Kochuba

Hopewell Elects Mayor Brenda Pelham

Petersburg Elects Mayor Howard Myers 
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SURRY COUNTY - One of the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry fleet will be out of commission for a month while receiving an eco-friendly upgrade, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Starting Monday, the Pocahontas will be taken out of service for one month and sent to the shipyard for installation of new diesel generators.

Shelby Mertens | The Progress-Index | Full Story 

FORT LEE - Soldiers in the Allied Trades military occupational specialty at Fort Lee's Ordnance School learn how to weld - first through a video game-like stimulator - with the opportunity to receive national credentials.

Students in the program must learn both welding and machining and can chose to take credential exams by the National Institute for Metalworking Skills and the American Welding Society to prepare them for civilian jobs. Both of the trades are taught together in the same military occupational specialty for 19 weeks total, with approximately seven weeks in phase 1A, eight weeks in phase 1B and three weeks in phase 2.