Southside Regional Medical Center, the largest employer in the Petersburg Tri-City area, is about to open a new hospital, one that's no larger than the current 1950s facility, but one that officials say will be more efficient.

 

If you're looking for locally grown fruits and vegetables, why not try home grown? Growing produce in the backyard can be easy.

 

Speed up your medical job hunt with a powerful search engine. Simply go to the Times-Dispatch Web site inRich.com and click on "Jobs" and you will be instantly linked to the Yahoo! hotjobs Web site.

 

Question: The Richmond Times-Dispatch Spring Medical Job Fair: What's in it for you? Answer: A chance for a job with a local hospital, staffing company or other health-care company.

 

The list below gives brief information, which has been submitted by each company sending representatives to the Medical Jobs Fair on Monday at the Science Museum of Virginia.

 

Katharine Walton, director at Virginia Career Institute, has encouraging words for those interested in a medical job: you can find fulfillment without a four-year degree.

 

Many schools and colleges in the Richmond area offer degrees, training and certification programs for careers in the medical field. Some programs are available through four-year universities; others, through career schools and local hospitals.

 

Hot baths have been used for centuries to soothe ailments such as rheumatism, insomnia, diabetes, many forms of arthritis and even lower back pain.