Earle-Sears Confident in Campaign, Shares Stances in Bristol

Earle-Sears confident in campaign, shares stances in Bristol

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — With less than three months until Virginians vote for a new governor, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears believes she is in a strong position. Earle-Sears attended Wednesday's annual State of the Cities address in Bristol, Virginia. In an interview with News Channel 11, the Republican gubernatorial candidate challenged reports that she is trailing Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger. "I'm feeling very excited," Earle-Sears sa…

Earle-Sears wants a second governor’s office, somewhere ‘past Abingdon’

My favorite map of Virginia is this one. It’s from a computer program set up by Brian Brettschneider, a mapping hobbyist in Alaska. By day, he’s a climatologist with the International Arctic Research Center in Fairbanks, a job that entails making a lot of weather maps. On the side, he makes other maps for fun. About seven years ago, he created a program to determine which parts of which states were closer to state capitals other than their own. …