Veterans Day observance at Pamplin Park
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Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is observing this Veterans Day with an observance ceremony and additional activities on Nov. 11.
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Fall mums can be beautiful now and into next year
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Chrysanthemums are among the most popular garden plants this time of year. Properly cared for, mums can be kept over the winter and then will continue to brighten home gardens the next year.
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative takes next steps with meeting of executive committee
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The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Executive Committee held its first meeting last week – an important step in a collaborative effort to create and submit a blueprint for the project to the Virginia Research Investment Committee by Dec. 1.
Kaine to kick off 15-stop Labor Day weekend campaign swing
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Kicking off a 15-stop campaign swing Thursday evening in Chesterfield County, Senator Tim Kaine will barnstorm Virginia during Labor Day weekend.
VMI Baseball announces incoming recruiting class
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VMI baseball announced its incoming class on Wednesday, a class that will matriculate later this month and begin play in the 2019 season.
Senate passes bipartisan Farm Bill to legalize industrial hemp production
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Today, the U.S. Senate passed, on a bipartisan 86-11 vote, legislation that includes Virginia priorities championed by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA).
Northam announces 2018 Governor’s Fellows Program participants
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Gov. Ralph Northam has announced participants in the 2018 Governor’s Fellows Program, which offers rising college seniors, graduating seniors, and graduate students an opportunity to gain valuable firsthand experience working under Cabinet secretaries and alongside staff in the Office of the Governor.
Warner, Kaine join bipartisan bill to legalize hemp
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U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have cosponsored the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, a bipartisan bill that would legalize and clearly define hemp as an agricultural commodity, removing it from the list of controlled substances.
Bill allows farmers to tap into industrial hemp market
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The American Farm Bureau Federation is backing a measure that would allow U.S farmers to tap into the hemp market—a potentially sizeable market for ingredients derived from industrial hemp.
Nicholas Patler: Rename Staunton high school in honor of Rita Wilson
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Born into a segregated southern world, Rita Wilson had attended local schools that were set apart for African Americans. She later worked as a domestic for white families, which was one of the few jobs available to local African American women.
