
Virginia Tech SmartFarm Innovation Network will build the farm of the future
On the farm of the future, drones will fly over forests and crops to communicate with robots embedded in harvesting equipment on the ground.

On the farm of the future, drones will fly over forests and crops to communicate with robots embedded in harvesting equipment on the ground.

Black bears, deer, foxes, racoons, geese, vultures and coyotes continue to be a problem for Virginia’s farmers. They often eat crops and create ruts in fields, or prey on livestock, killing sheep, calves, goats and chickens.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin led a letter urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to use its existing statutory authority to eliminate coinsurance costs for preventive colonoscopies for Medicare beneficiaries, even in cases when a polyp is removed.

After being shut out on Thursday, the Lynchburg Hillcats bounced back on Friday, beating the Potomac Nationals, 5-1.

That Goldberg-Undertaker match sure was good. For a couple of fiftysomething guys. Who almost killed each other botching spots.

The UVA Board of Visitors today endorsed President Jim’s Ryan’s roadmap for the University’s future, a 10-year strategic plan designed to make the school the best public university in 2030, and one of the best in the world, whether public or private.

Ring of Honor is still investigating claims made by a fan that Bully Ray confronted him one-on-one after the fan had engaged in a vulgar back-and-forth with talents during a recent house show.

A total of nine state police and highway patrol agencies are partnering again this year for the East Coast’s most extensive traffic safety initiative targeting non-interstate highway corridors.

What the First Amendment protects—and a healthy constitutional republic requires—are citizens who routinely exercise their right to speak truth to power.

Despite tying a franchise record with 13 walks allowed, the Richmond Flying Squirrels outlasted the Portland Sea Dogs, 4-3, in 11 innings on Wednesday at Hadlock Field, taking two of three in the series.
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