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Average retail gasoline prices in Virginia have risen 2.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.37/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 gas outlets in Virginia.
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The Virginia State Security Commission accepted evidence Monday that the cost of Dominion’s plans for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline will indeed be passed on to customers in Virginia.
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged again in January at 3.6 percent, but was down 0.4 percentage point from a year ago.
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For thousands of years now, Iran has witnessed a Fire Festival on the last Tuesday of every year. Iranians ring in the New Year on the spring equinox, which corresponds to March 20 this year. But first, they bid winter farewell by holding a national day of Charshanbeh Soori as it is called in Farsi, the language of Iran.
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Average retail gasoline prices in Virginia have fallen 1.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.34/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 gas outlets in Virginia.
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Now Trump is going to allow the importing of elephant “trophies” after all! Where do things stand overall now in the fight to protect endangered species, especially as wildlife now also face threats from climate change?
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England Furniture, a manufacturer of quality upholstered furniture, will establish a manufacturing operation in Lee County at the 32,000-square-foot Lee County Industrial Building. The project will create 79 new jobs.
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Climate Action Alliance of the Valley, a local grassroots non-profit organization working to educate citizens and legislators about the risks resulting from our warming climate, is urging its members to speak up about proposed regulations to reduce carbon pollution from Virginia’s power plants.
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Panaceutics, a manufacturer of personalized medicine and nutrition solutions, will invest $5.8 million to establish a research and development and high-tech manufacturing facility in the Ringgold East Industrial Park in Pittsylvania County.
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Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality will be holding six public hearings on Virginia’s Carbon Reduction Plan, or Executive Directive 11 (ED 11).
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