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Imagine awakening to the news that a jetliner has crashed, killing all 115 men, women, and children aboard. As shocking as the magnitude of such loss would be, this is equivalent to the number of Americans who die from opioid overdose every day.
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The flags flying above Fishburne Military School on Monday bore additional significance for the school as well as one of its prominent families.
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Gas prices in Virginia have fallen 1.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.62/g yesterday, according to the GasBuddy daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.
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The NIBCO of Virginia plant in Stuarts Draft has been recertified as a STAR Worksite under Virginia’s Occupational Safety and Health Voluntary Protection Program, the program’s highest level of recognition.
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The Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results (VALOR) program, the commonwealth’s premier agriculture-leadership training program, celebrated the graduation of its third class of leadership fellows at the Hotel Roanoke on July 14.
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The ability to predict weather patterns has helped us make clothing choices and travel plans, and even saved lives. Now, researchers in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment are using similar predictive methods to forecast the growth of trees.
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My visit to Brussels last week during the NATO annual conference was nothing short of bewildering and dismaying.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are backing an effort to defend protections for people with pre-existing conditions, including 1.3 million Virginians.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide financial relief to certain civilian federal employees who move for work.
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Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced a bill to assist young people with finding summer or year-long jobs that will help them succeed in future careers.
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