Flags are being lowered today and this weekend to honor fallen service members overseas and mark the deaths of public officials.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Monday ordered flags across the Commonwealth to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the life and legacy of Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. In an official order, ...

Delegate Knight (R-98/Virginia Beach and Chesapeake) passed away February 19 at age 71. The order reads as follows: I hereby order that the flag shall be lowered immediately and remain at half-staff ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ/WWBT) - “The Great Seal of Virginia” was adopted July 5, 1776. Its look was very close to what’s on the Virginia state flag today. The theme of the seal, according to the Virginia ...

Gov. Abigail D. Spanberger ordered flags to be flown at half-staff across Virginia on Saturday, March 7, 2026. The order honors the memory and service of Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Flags outside of Virginia’s state and local buildings are to be immediately lowered after a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic School left two dead and 17 injured. The ...