
Shenandoah University celebrates Women’s History Month in March
Shenandoah University will mark Women’s History Month in March with a series of events celebrating women’s leadership and empowerment.

Shenandoah University will mark Women’s History Month in March with a series of events celebrating women’s leadership and empowerment.

Central Virginia landowners can learn more about actively managing their forest lands during the ninth annual Forest Landowners’ Retreat, to be held March 16-18 at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center near Appomattox.

The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of a coalition of community and conservation groups, filed a legal challenge to the Virginia State Water Control Board’s approval of a water quality certification for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Gov.-elect Ralph Northam today announced key appointments for senior leadership positions within his administration.

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Human health disparities in Appalachia. The Dan River coal ash spill in North Carolina. The water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

In Ghana, experts suspect that some fish farmers have started to raise unapproved, controversial strains of the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus.

Navy Lt. Christopher B. Sturgill was selected as the Hokie Hero for Saturday’s football game against Delaware.

Building on research of three EMU professors, recent grad Hannah Daley and senior Amanda Williams concluded data collection in the Bergton area watershed.

A Boston Globe reporter came to Bristol to do some fishing at a NASCAR race, viewing Appalachia through a cheap dollar store pair of sunglasses.

The Conservation Management Institute at Virginia Tech is being aligned with the college’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation.
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