New Augusta County Board of Supervisors chair elected under criminal complaint cloud
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The Augusta County Board of Supervisors has a new chair: Jeffrey Slaven, who you may remember from an Oct. 15 criminal complaint.
Search Results for Richmond
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Not in the job description: Couple who beat up postal worker plead guilty to brutal assault
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A Richmond couple plead guilty this week to assaulting a U.S. Postal Service after an altercation led to injuries including a sprained neck and cuts to his face.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: January 2024
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Leading scientists warn that it’s “becoming inevitable” that countries will miss the ambitious target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius that they set eight years ago at the Paris Climate Agreement.
Federal grants available for pedestrian, bike safety, drunk driving prevention
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The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is accepting applications for federal grant funds from organizations committed to preventing traffic crashes.
Virginia’s community colleges, Opportunity Scholars announce partnership to secure workforce
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The VCCS and Opportunity Scholars will partner to help more students successfully obtain higher education and better paying jobs.
College Basketball Notebook: No. 19 JMU stays perfect heading into conference play
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It’s a new year, which means it’s time for conference competition across the college-basketball landscape to heat up.
New Year’s Eve expectations: Hello 2024, and what we won’t leave in 2023
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If you’re reading this, you survived 2023, and congratulations are in order. Perhaps even a pat on the back. Go ahead, pat yourself on the back.
$18M in grants awarded to 16 projects to benefit low- and moderate-income Virginians
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More than $18 million was awarded to 16 projects in Virginia to support housing rehabilitation, water and sewer improvements and other enhancements.
Notebook: Radford upsets West Virginia as calendar year winds down
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As the calendar gets ready to flip over to 2024, the state of Virginia’s men’s and women’s basketball teams hope to close out 2023 on a positive note this weekend.
Eric Payne: FDA needs to get its act together to enforce e-cigarette laws
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Multiple news outlets, from the New York Times and Associated Press to NPR, have recently covered the gaping lapse in enforcement of illegal, disposable e-cigarettes by the Food and Drug Administration
