Good boy! Man’s best friend sniffs out spotted lanternfly, powdery mildew
Man’s best friend could play a critical role in agriculture finding the spotted lanternfly and powdery mildew through scent.
Man’s best friend could play a critical role in agriculture finding the spotted lanternfly and powdery mildew through scent.

The Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act would create a tax credit that will incentive the capture and repurposing of methane emissions.
Hurricane season is under way, with three named storms to date in 2025, and experts predict above normal activity over the Atlantic.
In all, five natives of Staunton made it Major League Baseball as players – and three of them were named Larry.
Jeff Heie, the founder and director of the local nonprofit GiveSolar, received a Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions 2025 Sustainability Champions Award.
The deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to divest interest in the app to a non-China based company has been extended again.
President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” has a small, ugly part to it that would prohibit the regulation of AI by states.
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…
Last weekend I attended the 196th Final Exercises at the University of Virginia. It was a wonderful graduation with blue skies and balloons aplenty.
Teachers and parents remind young students that perfection is impossible, but seven UMW graduates reached perfection.
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