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When extreme weather strikes, isolated populations often find themselves vulnerable in the face of environmental hazards.

A booming iron industry existed across the Shenandoah Valley for more than two centuries – and lasted until early in the 1900s.

Members of the state’s largest farm organization are pleased with funding of agriculture-related items in the finalized state budget.

A research team at VCU has found that visits with therapy dogs significantly reduce students’ perceived stress during final exam week.

ELDOR Corporation, a leader in the automotive business, will invest about $75 million to establish its first U.S. production plant in Botetourt County.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Education is hosting the second annual “Teaching Literacy in a Digital World” conference.

Virginia Tech will be the host institution for the fourth annual Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Consortium’s Advocacy Trip, scheduled for March 12-15 in Washington, D.C.

With the legislature wrapping up the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly in a day or so, I wanted to provide a status report.

Governor Terry McAuliffe today signed into law measures that establish a workforce training program targeted to increase specific industry certifications and occupational licenses.

Governor Terry McAuliffe has presented a letter to General Assembly money committee chairmen and the budget conferees.
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