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Shenandoah National Park and Baihuashan National Nature Reserve in China formalized a sister park arrangement at an official ceremony on July 4 in Beijing.
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One of the sea’s most misunderstood and beautiful creatures, the jellyfish, will be the focus of a new exhibit at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, thanks to a $30,000 grant from the Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion North Carolina Power.
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The University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and Curry School of Education have joined forces to offer a five-year Bachelor of Science/Master of Teaching program, responding to a nationwide demand for teachers with rich backgrounds in the so-called STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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The Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Commission has selected Cathy Roessler as its next superintendent, replacing retiring superintendent Charles Edwards, effective Oct. 1.
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Beginning this week, Project GROWS will be offering two for one to SNAP/EBT customers at the North Augusta Farmers Market on Wednesdays at the Augusta County Government Center and at the Waynesboro Farmers Market on Saturday mornings at Constitution Park.
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Guante, a hip-hop artist and two-time National Poetry Slam champion, will present a program at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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Dr. Larry Taylor, associate professor of music at Bridgewater College, will present a “Kinetic Energy Organ Concert” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, in Cole Hall on the college campus.
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The Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) has announced the recipients of its annual Community Economic Development Awards (CEDA).
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Republican men and women are more likely than Democrats to say they are “very happy” in their marriages, according to a new report co-authored by University of Virginia sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that Virginia will use the expertise of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce (Georgetown Center) in order to boost statewide attainment of employer-demanded education and workforce credentials.
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