Study: Major U.S. cities sinking; integrity of bridges, roads and dams could be impacted
Groundwater extraction is causing major U.S. cities to sink, according to a new study from Virginia Tech researchers.
Groundwater extraction is causing major U.S. cities to sink, according to a new study from Virginia Tech researchers.
New data reveals that 82 of Virginia’s 137 animal shelters achieved no-kill status in 2024, and nearly 84 percent of animals were saved.
A group of House Democrats introduced two pieces of legislation today to rebuild the federal workforce and protect federal workers.
Renew Rocktown, an emerging local umbrella environmental organization, hosted an Earth Day luncheon that drew together 100 environmental leaders to celebrate past accomplishments.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, has been removed from the United States Memorial Holocaust Council.
The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act would lead to more affordable housing options by expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.
An outfit called the Liberty Justice Center and a certain former Virginia governor and U.S. senator, George Allen, are involved in a legal challenge to the Trump tariffs.
Smoke may be visible in Augusta, Amherst, Rockbridge and Nelson counties today as fire specialists conduct a prescribed burn on 440 acres.
The Unitary Executive Theory is no longer a theory—it’s the architecture of a dictatorship in motion.
Virginia Republicans obviously don’t want John Reid, a gay White man, on their DEI state ticket with a Black woman immigrant and the son of a Cuban refugee.
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