In memoriam: Long-time U.S. Sen. John Warner
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Former U.S. Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2009, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94.
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Waynesboro Rotary Club honors its 2021 scholarship winners
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Each year the Waynesboro Rotary Club honored the 10 local student winners of $1,000 scholarships for excellence in academics and community service at an event at the Wayne Theatre.
Drivers beware: The deadly perils of blank check traffic stops
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You’re driving along and you see a pair of flashing blue lights in your rearview mirror. Whether or not you’ve done anything wrong, you get a sinking feeling in your stomach.
Northam announces administration appointments
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.
Climate Action Alliance of the Valley climate, energy news roundup: May 23
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The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending May 23 follows.
USPS celebrates heritage breeds with new stamps
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A colorful assortment of heritage livestock breeds are the latest American symbols to be immortalized on U.S. Postal Service stamps.
Total tyranny: We’ll all be targeted under the government’s new precrime program
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Just as we get a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, there might be a chance of crawling out of this totalitarian cesspool in which we’ve been mired, we get kicked down again.
Northam appoints Lethia Hammond to Virginia Parole Board, announces new clemency initiatives
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Northam also unveiled several new initiatives to streamline the clemency process, including a redesigned pardons website and petition portal.
Earth Talk: Early cicada blooms blamed on warming
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Even though the spectacle typically starts in May, this year millions of cicadas came out as early as March. Researchers believe they were erroneously triggered by a warming-induced “false spring.”
How the Biden administration can maximize COVID-10 relief in small towns, rural communities
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While much has been reported about the American Rescue Plan providing needed relief to pandemic-battered cities, less has been written about the potential historic economic boost this policy could have on small towns and rural communities.
