Concert on April 20 supporting power for Puerto Rico
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Eight local Harrisonburg and Rockingham County organizations want to help more communities in Puerto Rico get power back after Hurricane Maria.
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Virginia Tech professor seeks to improve quantitative models for fighting diseases in humans, trees
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Leah R. Johnson, an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science, is using a $700,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to improve mathematical and statistical models to help fight deadly diseases.
Mohawk Industries to expand in Carroll County
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Mohawk Industries, the leading global manufacturer of residential and commercial flooring products, will purchase new equipment and expand its manufacturing operation in Carroll County.
Northam vetoes bill that would limit efforts to clean environment
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Gov. Ralph Northam today vetoed House Bill 1270, which would limit the governor’s authority to use a market-based carbon trading program to reduce carbon pollution and grow the clean energy sector.
GasBuddy Virginia gas price update, outlook
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Average retail gasoline prices in Virginia have risen 0.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.48/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 gas outlets in Virginia.
Pop the cork on Virginia Vineyard Month
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April marks a new wine grape growing season and Virginia Vineyard Month. It’s also a good time to toast one of the state’s fastest-growing agricultural industries.
Northam signs executive order on environmental protections: Window dressing?
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Gov. Ralph Northam today signed Executive Order 6, which instructs the Department of Environmental Quality to update outdated regulations, strengthen enforcement of Virginia’s environmental standards, identify the causes of permitting delays, and improve transparency.
Herring files suit to block Trump from undermining 2020 Census
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Attorney General Mark Herring filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from undermining the 2020 decennial census with a “poison pill” citizenship inquiry that the U.S. Census Bureau has said is likely to depress response and compromise the accuracy of the census.
Careers that make a positive difference to the world
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When you switch on the news or look online there always seems to be a profusion of bad news stories, and that’s not just in Virginia but right across the globe. There’s an old saying that has a lot of truth to it: if you want to change the world, first change yourself.
2018 Atlantic hurricane outlook: 4 US impacts predicted amid another active season
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AccuWeather reports after a devastating hurricane season for the United States in 2017, forecasters are predicting a near normal to slightly above-normal year with between 12 to 15 tropical storms.
