Enrollment open for year-long peer leadership program to prevent youth substance abuse
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Enrollment is open for a peer leadership opportunity that fosters healthy communities and the prevention of substance abuse.
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‘We need to use all the tools we have’: Distracted driving is NHTSA’s focus in April
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Distraction-related fatalities increased 12 percent from 3,154 in 2020 to 3,522 in 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Albemarle County sets dates to distribute reusable bags to WIC, SNAP recipients
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If you’ve been shopping in Albemarle County recently, you know that you now must pay a five-cent tax on disposable plastic bags at the checkout.
Virginia Farm Festival to highlight planting season in Virginia
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At the annual Virginia Farm Festival in Caroline County, you can marvel over a fluffy alpaca, delight in an antique tractor show and learn how garden crops grow.
Piedmont Virginia Community College earns Voter Friendly Campus designation
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Piedmont Virginia Community College has earned the 2023-2024 Voter Friendly Campus designation.
Federal legislation provides $4.5 million in Virginia workforce development
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced today the allotment of $4.5 million in new workforce grant opportunities through a competitive bid process.
Profits of Doom: Military contractors rob us daily, with help from Republicans
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It’s Budget Season in DC, and the swamp is in full bloom. Republicans refuse to offer a budget. Why is that? After all, they are demanding that Biden and his Democrats promise to make major cuts because Republicans are so-o-o-o-o concerned about the debt ceiling, even though they are largely responsible for much of the…
Reproductive justice: We rise in support of black women’s fundamental rights
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Everyone has the right to bodily autonomy – the right to make decisions about if, and when, to have a child, how to bring up a child, as well as a safe and sustainable environment to raise that child.
What exactly is permaculture, and how is it good for the environment?
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Permaculture is a method of cultivation that uses multiple tools to minimize human impact on the environment by mimicking the zero-waste feedback loops of naturally-existing systems.
Great Resignation wanes: Latest jobs report shows less quitting in Commonwealth
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According to the most recent BLS JOLTS, the Great Resignation eased up as job quitting decreased in January 2023.
