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.
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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.
Do you have any tips on how to deal with climate anxiety?
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Climate anxiety, also known as eco-anxiety, is the chronic fear of environmental doom.
No cause found for E. Coli outbreak at Lake Anna; five children hospitalized
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Five children required hospitalization in the recent E. Coli outbreak at Lake Anna over Memorial Day weekend.
‘Reminders of Confederate legacies’: Shenandoah County NAACP sues school board
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The Shenandoah County School Board is being sued by the NAACP Virginia State Conference on behalf of the Shenandoah County NAACP.
