Hashmi, Virginia Humanities announce launch of statewide poetry contest
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I’ve written over the years about how hard it is for a Virginia lieutenant governor to get any headlines, given the nature of the job.
Search Results for Richmond
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Earl Zimmerman | Roundup of what’s making news in the climate, environment
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality released a report revealing significant levels of strain on the eastern aquifers that could put clean drinking water at risk.
Waynesboro: DEQ is going to make us guess when the next Northrop Grumman hearing is
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It appears that I’m going to have to keep fighting a stupid battle with the Virginia DEQ to get them to tell us when the follow-up public hearing on Northrop Grumman pollution permit ends up getting on the schedule.
Virginia Lottery touts big money for K-12 schools: But where does it come from?
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The Virginia Lottery sent out a release on Tuesday touting how the sale of lottery tickets in fiscal year 2026 generated more than $914 million for Virginia’s K-12 public schools. Left unsaid: where the money comes from.
The I-81 exodus: When geography defeats legislation
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The legalization of mobile sports wagering conditioned an entire generation of American consumers to expect instantaneous digital liquidity. Virginians fully embraced this reality back in January 2021, transforming their smartphones into highly regulated betting terminals.
Dogwood Tales to debut new album, ‘Every Star in Rockingham County’
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Local alternative country music band Dogwood Tales will be playing a show on Friday, Aug. 28, at Pale Fire Brewing in Harrisonburg to mark the release of their new album, “Every Star in Rockingham County.”
Hashmi, Jones hitting the roads with 2029 governor’s race already in mind
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It’s feeling like the 2029 governor’s race is already under way, with Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi and Attorney General Jay Jones hitting the roads to raise their profiles with voters.
The Commonwealth of Virginia has long been fertile ground for MLB scouts
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We recently reported on Bill Buck, a long-time resident of Northern Virginia who covered the Mid-Atlantic region as a professional baseball scout for the Detroit Tigers before retiring in 2015.
Larry Haney, Cal Raleigh among the many MLB catchers with ties to Virginia
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This October will be the 60th anniversary of the first World Series title for the Baltimore Orioles – who have not been back to the Fall Classic, much less won it, since 1983.
Virginia: Rains helping to ease drought, but far from being out of the woods
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Recent rainfall has led the Virginia Drought Monitoring Task Force to recommended de-escalating drought warning advisories in 15 counties and 10 cities in the New River, Middle James, and York-James drought evaluation regions.
