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Large- and utility-scale solar facilities are a fast-growing source of electricity in Virginia and a key component of the Commonwealth’s decarbonization strategy.
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Business, industry, nonprofit and government leaders from across the Shenandoah Valley have banded together to find solutions to some of the most pressing challenges for economic development in the region.
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The first ice cream flavor, Hokie Tracks, will roll out to ice cream shops and restaurants around Virginia in early fall.
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Nearly 75 percent of the world’s coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures and local human activity, said Anne Staples, an associate professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics.
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Mary Baldwin University President Pamela R. Fox will retire as the university’s ninth president on June 30, 2023, after two decades at the Staunton-based liberal-arts school.
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Bridgewater College welcomes eight new full-time faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year.
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Jacob and Jennifer Gilley of Orange County recently were named this year’s Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Excellence in Agriculture award winners.
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Scholars Latino Initiative (SLI) celebrates 10 years this year as a Virginia nonprofit and announced Stephania Cervantes as its first managing director.
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Tim Hall watched with admiration as Longwood made its unprecedented March Madness run last spring in men’s and women’s basketball, shining a national spotlight on a historic university with a distinctive mission and its college town.
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In one area, homelessness, the pandemic was a blessing as far as funds directed to communities to shelter those living in tent cities, their cars, abandoned buildings, or worse.
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