Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia under Drought Warning Advisory
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The Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia were placed under a Drought Warning Advisory by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality on Monday.
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Lynchburg, Lee County receive HUD grants for public-housing improvements
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Lynchburg and Lee County have been awarded federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for capital improvements in public housing.
Report: Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zones’ expected to be above average this year
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The Chesapeake Bay’s so-called “dead zones” – low-oxygen areas that can suffocate underwater life and shrink available habitat – are expected to be above average this year.
Mission Creep: How the police state acclimates us to being modern-day slaves
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Like the proverbial boiling frogs, the government has been gradually acclimating us to the specter of a police state for years now.
Virginia Tech entomologist: Ticks are everywhere, and they’re not going away
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Ticks are everywhere, and they’re not going to go away, according to a Virginia Tech entomologist.
Augusta County man alleges ‘hate crime’ in decade-old sewer project: Investigation
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Back around the first of the year, a reader named David Proffitt wrote me the first of dozens of emails, and counting, asking me to look into what he called a “hate crime” involving a sewer project in Augusta County.
Community stakeholders form Staunton Black Business Collective
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A group of community stakeholders has organized to help grow Black business in Staunton with the Staunton Black Business Collective.
Researcher: Study finds ‘significant increase in pediatric suicides’ in Virginia, nationwide
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The number of suicide attempts including Tylenol overdoses among youth is of particular concern to poison control call centers in Virginia and across the nation.
Washington and Lee University professor’s article published in science journal
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Margaret Anne Hinkle, a Washington and Lee professor, recently co-authored a peer-reviewed article in Environmental Geochemistry and Health.
Virginia Pollinator Week: VDOT to install 135 acres of state roadside habitats
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin proclaimed June 17 to 23, 2024 as Virginia Pollinator Week in recognition of the important role of pollinators.
