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'Cm 010 $3.00 SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 6, 2 022 NEWS 247 AT RICHMOND.COM FINAL INAUGURATION DAY MM) DIM JAMES WAUACETNES-OSiWCH At tha Capitol on Saturday, Glann Youngkin bacama Virginia1! 74th governor. Wlmoma Earta-Saars and Jason Mlyaras want Imtalad as llaiitanant govarnor and attorney general. He issues orders scrapping school mask mandates, COVID-19 vaccine requirements for state workers Youngkin 'deeply gratified' by peaceful power transfer mm highest office. Youngkin's address, delivered from the South Portico, relied heavily on rhetoric from his campaign for governor: that Virginia is not, but could be, "the best place to live, work and raise a family," and that public liberties have been subjugated by the outgoing party. The new governor immediately issued executive orders scrapping mask mandates in schools and COVID-19 vaccine requirements for state workers.

Youngkin's very first executive order bans the teaching of "divisive YOUNGKIN, Page A15 BY MEL LEO NOR Richmond Times-Dispatch Glenn Allen Youngkin was sworn in on Saturday as Virginia's 74th governor, vowing in an inaugural address delivered on the steps of the Capitol to embark on a mission to "restore trust in government, and to restore power to the people." Youngkin, 55, took the oath of office surrounded by his family and dozens of state leaders. He rose from a business executive with no public office experience to become the first Republican since 2014 to hold the state's Youngkin asked incredulously after he and his wife, Suzanne, Joined Northam and first lady Pam Northam in the Old Senate Chamber in the Capitol for the traditional passing of the key from one governor to the next Northam responded, "He tried to eat it" "I can promise you it still works," Northam told Youngkin minutes before TRANSITION, Page A17 BY MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Tlmes-Qspatch The key to the Executive Mansion wasn't quite what Glenn Youngkin expected. Instead of a brass key to a door lock, outgoing Gov. Ralph Northam handed the incoming governor a plastic card punctured by tooth marks from his Labrador puppy, Pearl. "Did the dog eat it?" MORE INSIDE Two full pages of photos Pages A12-13 Richmond area not expected to get much snow, but will see sleet, freezing rain dawn.

But a messy mix of snow, ice and rain will cover the state by the middle of Sunday afternoon. For metro Richmond Start time: between about 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday Snow develops at the beginning, but changes to sleet and SUBLETTE, Page All ing into a snow and ice threat. But for metropolitan Richmond, the amount of snow will be trivial by comparison, as a change to sleet, freezing rain and ultimately rain takes shape as Sunday afternoon progresses.

Some ice accretion on elevated surfaces is likely during the sec ond half of the afternoon and early evening, so scattered power outages are expected. Timing is about the same. No precipitation is expected at daybreak Sunday in Richmond, although looking statewide, snow and ice will be found moving into southwestern Virginia around BY SEAN SUBLETTE Richmond Tlmes-Dls patch The trends continue with this storm for Richmond, and statewide. New data coming in over the past couple of days suggests the heavy snow threat in the western part of the state is evolv Sean Sublette ssubtettaQTImMOlspatchxom AMrtroAStafr Weather B3 NFL C6 Sunday Bushess D4 Celebrations E5 Lotteries A2 Obituaries B5 Scoreboard C7 Pultun TV History E8 Nation A World Sports Commentary Home A Garden E4 Martatptaoi fcidjtnonu Stoiea-JHanafato since isso THE RICHMOND NEWS LEADER 1896-1882 Copyright 2022, 172nd Ysar, No 16 JUMP, 1 1 -MSI i 2 (egg).