Each spring, newspapers from across Virginia gather together to celebrate each other’s achievements and recognize the outstanding work happening in newsrooms every day by cohorts of talented journalists.
The News & Advance was named the best mid-sized news organization in Virginia on Saturday by the Virginia Press Association. In all, the staff of The News & Advance won 35 awards in the association s annual News & Advertising Contest.
After a four-year battle with cancer, Johanna Calfee, 42, died on Aug. 30. The legacy she leaves behind is courage, trying things, facing fears and leaning into life, her husband of 20 years, Daryl Calfee said.