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Working with the therapy dogs has been a huge passion project for Hammer because of her strong love for dogs, but also as someone who has benefited personally from therapy. “I know first-hand how impactful it can be to meet new folks on campus and to reach out for support when needed.”
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DroneUp plans to invest $27.2 million to expand its headquarters in Virginia Beach and establish a testing, training, and R&D center at Richard Bland College in Dinwiddie County.
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The middle school years aren’t exactly known as a peak life experience, what with their body image awkwardness, mental health issues, and social angst.
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Augusta Health has seen an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the past two weeks, and officials there are encouraging the community to get a second booster if necessary.
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Mary Baldwin University President Pamela R. Fox will retire as the university’s ninth president on June 30, 2023, after two decades at the Staunton-based liberal-arts school.
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Virginia coach Tony Bennett played a hunch late in the Cavaliers’ 94-87 win over KK Mega Basket on Friday, going with a lineup of young guys down the stretch.
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The last Tony Bennett technical foul that I remember was in his first season at Virginia, in a home loss to Maryland. I hope there’s video somewhere of his second UVA tech, at the end of the first OT in a 94-87 double-OT win over KK Mega Basket to conclude the program’s 10-day tour of Italy on Friday.
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Two communities in Virginia were selected to receive planning assistance as part of a Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program: Buchanan and Buena Vista.
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A nationwide sex trafficking interdiction operation located 141 adult victims and 84 minor victims of sex trafficking and 37 missing children, the FBI announced today.
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The U.S. House, in a 220-207 party-line vote, passed the Inflation Reduction Act, signature legislation pushed by President Biden that will lower healthcare costs, combat climate change and tackle the root causes of record-breaking inflation.
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