Virginia Department of Forestry launches online seedling store
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The Virginia Department of Forestry is offering the purchase of a wide variety of trees through an online seedling store.
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Virginia Tech professor receives NASA grant to study health costs related to extreme weather
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When there is extreme weather including flooding, heat waves, and extreme cold, the government gets to work to ensure its disaster-relief spending has the greatest impact. The analysis is often based on damages to infrastructure.
Grant funding awarded to four Virginia localities for brownfield site restoration
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The Town of Bedford, Patrick County, the Town of Saltville and Smyth County have been awarded grants totaling $847,000 to restore and redevelop brownfield sites.
UVA breaks ground on new hotel and conference center, slated to open spring 2025
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The University of Virginia and its partners have broken ground on a new 223,000-square-foot hotel and conference center in Charlottesville, which is targeting a spring 2025 debut.
Eight specialty crop projects in Virginia awarded USDA grants
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The 2022 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program’s funds support specialty crops, including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts and nursery crops.
Lawrence S. Wittner: There is an alternative to war
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The war in Ukraine provides us with yet another opportunity to consider what might be done about the wars that continue to ravage the world.
Air Pollution Board adds Giles County to list of areas not meeting air quality standards
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The State Air Pollution Control Board added a portion of Giles County to its list of areas that do not meet national air quality standards.
Kathy Kelly and Nick Mottern: Surviving the killing fields, a worldwide challenge
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Awaiting discharge from a hospital in Cairo, Adel Al Manthari, a Yemeni civilian, faces months of physical therapy and mounting medical bills following three surgeries since 2018, when a U.S. weaponized drone killed four of his cousins and left him mangled, burnt and barely alive, bedridden to this day.
Josh Allen has career day, leading Buffalo Bills to 38-3 romp over Pittsburgh Steelers
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Highmark Stadium in Buffalo proved to be a house of horrors for Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon, as Bills quarterback Josh Allen had a career day, throwing for over 400 yards and four touchdowns as part of a 38-3 dismantling of the Steelers.
Virginia workforce campaign celebrates 25 years with First Lady Youngkin
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Among the four recipients of this year’s First Lady’s Spirit of Virginia award, Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue in Afton was awarded.
