Average gasoline prices in Virginia have fallen 6.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.21 on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 4,081 stations in the Commonwealth.
Even as the cost of turkey, pie and potatoes are all up more than 15 percent, Freestore Foodbank plans to serve close to 9,000 families this Thanksgiving season.
A city-supported market in the midst of what’s considered a Winston-Salem food desert is set to reopen for the season Friday. The Liberty Street Market off of U.S. 52 provides a space for local urban farmers in an area where there are few supermarkets. And this year, it’s expanding. Moriah Gendy is a food resilience program manager for the city of Winston-Salem. She says this year’s market will have a longer season and will be weekly instead of every other week.