
Senate passes government-funding bills, ahead of shutdown deadline
The Senate passed two bipartisan, bicameral spending bills Thursday to fund federal government operations through 2020. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk for signature.

The Senate passed two bipartisan, bicameral spending bills Thursday to fund federal government operations through 2020. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk for signature.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced today the activation of Rocket Lab’s first launch facility in the United States, located at Wallops Island.

AeroFarms® will invest $42 million to build its largest, most sophisticated indoor vertical farm to date in Cane Creek Centre, a joint industrial park for the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County.

Danville Community College hosted a Fusion Splicing Certificate Course this week, a collaborative training event with Amazon Web Services and Sumitomo Electric Lightwave.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger is cosponsoring legislation to empower local school districts to engage girls, young women, and minority students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Agronomist and nutrient management expert Richard Fitzgerald has received the Carl G. Luebben lifetime achievement award for his contributions to soil health and water quality in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

Long before the college basketball world came knocking on his door for insights, Ken Pomeroy was sitting at the intersection of data and hoops in his dorm room at Virginia Tech.

If you’ve ever been skunked by a stinkbug, you know exactly how powerful insect communications can be.

When Monica Ponder first looked out over the horizon and scanned the East African landscape, her initial impression was one of surprise, though not for the reason she expected.

More than 200 aquaculture growers, researchers and industry suppliers gathered Nov. 15 and 16 for the 2019 Virginia Aquaculture Conference.
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