Tom Horton: An egregious gamble with Chesapeake Bay sturgeon
There are a lot of reasons why 40 years of Bay-saving hasn’t saved the Chesapeake Bay, but a dismaying example was on display recently in my hometown of Federalsburg, Md.
There are a lot of reasons why 40 years of Bay-saving hasn’t saved the Chesapeake Bay, but a dismaying example was on display recently in my hometown of Federalsburg, Md.

President Biden surprised his top advisers along with everyone else when, at a fundraising event, he referred to “Armageddon” in the Ukraine war: Russia’s possible use of a nuclear weapon.
The Virginia Tech football team dropped to 2-5 on the season on Saturday, losing 20-14 to Miami at Lane Stadium.

The Abigail Spanberger campaign is fired up about the effort she says was initiated by her Republican challenger to have a right-wing radio host serve as a co-moderator of an upcoming Seventh District congressional debate.
It has become a given among a growing number of right-wing Israelis that ending the occupation and establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank will pose a mortal danger to Israel.

Shortly before he died, Congressmember and human rights activist John Lewis wrote a farewell to his fellow citizens, declaring: “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.”
The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.
When Virginia Tech alumnus Brett Smith returned to Lane Stadium for the Boston College game last month, he wasn’t just there to root for his beloved Hokies – he wanted to be there to cheer on his family’s legacy.
Amaka Agugua-Hamilton – “Coach Mox,” to her players, and UVA Basketball fans – is taking over a program that has won five games total the past two seasons.

A Sept. 23, 2022 article in Smithsonian Magazine examined the movement in the last year to ban books, and determined that advocacy groups were leading the charge, especially against books that contain LGBTQIA+ content.
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