Drought: City of Staunton asking residents, businesses to reduce water use
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The City of Staunton is asking city residents and business owners to voluntarily reduce their water use as the area deals with drought conditions.
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Court rules suit challenging Youngkin move to drop Virginia from RGGI can proceed
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A Floyd County court ruled on Monday that a suit against the state to challenge Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s move to disengage Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative can proceed.
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.
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.
