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offshore wind

Offshore wind auction nets $92.6 million for leases off Virginia, Maryland, Delaware

Chris Graham
Published date: August 14, 2024 | 4:16 pm
Updated: October 26, 2025 | 8:08 pm
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The Department of the Interior held an offshore wind auction on Wednesday for two lease areas – one offshore of Delaware and Maryland and one offshore of Virginia. 

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Augusta County sees high number of motorcycle crashes: DMV recommends training

Crystal Graham
Published date: August 14, 2024 | 8:25 am
Updated: July 20, 2025 | 12:29 pm
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The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has launched a new campaign to promote motorcycle safety training.

climate change pollution

House energy coalition looks to build on momentum with EPA powerplant standards

Rebecca Barnabi
Published date: August 13, 2024 | 2:46 pm
Updated: October 26, 2025 | 8:12 pm
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House SEEC members are encouraging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt standards for existing gas-fired powerplants.

shenandoah river

Thanks, Debby: Shenandoah National Park lifts weeks-long ban on fishing

Chris Graham
Published date: August 12, 2024 | 6:59 pm
Updated: August 12, 2024 | 7:00 pm
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The ban on fishing in the Shenandoah National Park in place since late June has been lifted, thanks to the 4 to 8 inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Debby that raced through the area last week.

climate change

Roddy Scheer: What are some nature-based solutions to fight climate change?

Roddy Scheer
Published date: August 11, 2024 | 6:13 pm
Updated: October 26, 2025 | 8:07 pm
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As we come to terms with the growing effects of climate change, many are turning to so-called nature-based solutions, which are holistic approaches that promote biodiversity and ecosystem preservation.

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Mel Gurtov: Project 2025 promises authoritarian rule, foreign policy mayhem

Mel Gurtov
Published date: August 11, 2024 | 6:04 pm
Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:26 pm
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Project 2025, the far-right’s ambitious policy planning guide published as Mandate for Leadership, is designed to dismantle the “Deep State” and install a president and proven loyalists who will carry out Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda.

transgender

ACLU sues Liberty University after woman fired: ‘You can be transgender and Christian’

Crystal Graham
Published date: August 11, 2024 | 1:04 pm
Updated: May 18, 2025 | 4:00 pm
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A transgender woman who was terminated by Liberty University will now have her day in court after a lawsuit was filed July 29 on her behalf by the ACLU of Virginia.

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Staunton nonprofit to offer creative haven workshops for at-risk youth

Crystal Graham
Published date: August 10, 2024 | 12:47 pm
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The Love Forward Foundation, a Staunton-based nonprofit organization, has announced a series of creative haven workshops scheduled to start in September.

college students

Eastern Mennonite University helping fuel success of first-gen college students

Crystal Graham
Published date: August 7, 2024 | 4:31 pm
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Eastern Mennonite University has been selected as a FirstGen Forward Network member reflecting the school’s commitment to first-generation college students.

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Airlines are promising net-zero aviation in the coming decades: Is that possible?

Roddy Scheer
Published date: August 4, 2024 | 1:27 pm
Updated: October 26, 2025 | 8:07 pm
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Air travel is pretty environmentally unfriendly. In 2018, civil aviation emissions constituted 2.5 percent of global human carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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