Prepare now: Expert predicts above average Atlantic hurricane season
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Hurricane season is under way, with three named storms to date in 2025, and experts predict above normal activity over the Atlantic.
Search Results for Virginia Tech research
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A look at the five natives of Staunton who played Major League Baseball
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In all, five natives of Staunton made it Major League Baseball as players – and three of them were named Larry.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: July 2025
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Jeff Heie, the founder and director of the local nonprofit GiveSolar, received a Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions 2025 Sustainability Champions Award.
‘Flouting the law’: Executive order by Trump extends TikTok ban in America again for 90 days
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The deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to divest interest in the app to a non-China based company has been extended again.
State-level AI ban in Trump’s mega bill among points of tension between Democrats, Republicans
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President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” has a small, ugly part to it that would prohibit the regulation of AI by states.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: June 2025
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Local Climate News The Vine & Fig Educational Outreach program, called the “The Fresh Veggie Series,” purchases fresh local food from regenerative farms. They deliver the veggies and educational materials each week through five partner farms and 30 regional networks like health clinics, after school youth programming, and section 8 housing locations. The Rockingham County…
Halvor G. Aaslestad: The Trump administration is doing great harm to science
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Last weekend I attended the 196th Final Exercises at the University of Virginia. It was a wonderful graduation with blue skies and balloons aplenty.
Seven Mary Washington graduates earn 4.0 GPAs, most with double majors
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Teachers and parents remind young students that perfection is impossible, but seven UMW graduates reached perfection.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: May 2025
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Renew Rocktown, an emerging local umbrella environmental organization, hosted an Earth Day luncheon that drew together 100 environmental leaders to celebrate past accomplishments.
George Mason latest school to consider ending DEI programs at Trump’s behest
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The George Mason University Board of Visitors is late to the game in complying in advance with Donald Trump on DEI, but the visitors are playing catch-up.
