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The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, or DRPT, invites the public to join the conversation on the Virginia Statewide Rail Plan.
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Virginia’s most infamous hitchhiker is on the move again: the spotted lanternfly.
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The Rivanna River, Meadow Creek, Moores Creek, Schenks Branch, and Lodge Creek have been identified by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality as being impaired due to excessive levels of sediment and/or bacteria.
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Large- and utility-scale solar facilities are a fast-growing source of electricity in Virginia and a key component of the Commonwealth’s decarbonization strategy.
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The 2022 Virginia Tech football season kicks off on Friday as the Hokies travel to face Old Dominion.
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The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is holding a rally on Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the Shenandoah Valley regional office of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in Harrisonburg to protest Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s push to remove the Commonwealth from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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The pre-kickoff environment in and around Scott Stadium somehow ranked 10th in a rundown compiled by the folks at Bookies.com, which doesn’t say a lot for the four that were rated not as good.
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Topsoil holds a balance of organic matter, air, water and minerals and as such is the layer that facilitates life in the soil.
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As part of its recent quarterly meeting this week, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors discussed what is nationally a very hot topic in higher education: student mental health and well-being.
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Few things in life are that easy to fix. Inflation, floods and fires, mistrust in elections – all of these are significant national issues which require work from many angles. They require complex thinking.
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