Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.
Goodwill Industries will cut the ribbon on a new solar array. Â The project will save $400,000 in energy costs each year. Â The array will generate around 312,000 kilowatt-hours of clean energy, which is enough to power 350 homes for a month.
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Tickets for 'Jeff Dunham: Seriously!?' go on sale this morning at 10 a.m. Â The ventriloquist is bringing Peanut, Bubba J, Jose Jalapeno and more to the Berglund Center. Â The show is March 22nd.
A new fitness center, honoring a fallen Carroll County deputy, opens today. Â The Curtis Bartlett Fitness Center is located in the old Twin County Regional Healthcare building in Galax. Â The Army veteran died in a crash in 2017 while responding to a police chase.
Patrick Henry Community College holds its annual golf tournament today. Â Money raised will support student-athletes by providing equipment and up-to-date facilities. Â The school has more than 200 athletes competing in 13 sports.
We will learn today, Virginia's 2020 Teacher of the Year. Â Eight teachers from across Virginia are in the running, including Amy Mallow from Huddleston Elementary in Bedford County and Andrea Johnson from Salem High School. Â The winner will represent the commonwealth in the National Teacher of the Year program.
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission will meet today in Richmond. Â It will hear presentations on Medicaid expansion and state spending. Â
The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford welcomes a real-life Rosie the Riveter. Â Frances Campbell Lowe worked at the New River Ordinance Plant during World War II, making $10 a month. Â The memorial says she will donate a war-era poster that features her.