
USDA announces dates, incentives for Conservation Reserve Program signups
The USDA has announced enrollment dates and new incentives for farmers and landowners interested in participating in the Conservation Reserve Program.

The USDA has announced enrollment dates and new incentives for farmers and landowners interested in participating in the Conservation Reserve Program.

Approximately $1.5 million in Site Remediation Grants from the Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund will be awarded to six localities, which include Charlotte and Pulaski counties, the cities of Danville and Martinsville, and the towns of Altavista and Crewe.

Incentives like the Solar Investment Tax Credit and increased affordability in the cost of solar panel installation over the past decade have given renewable solar energy the option of becoming a more mainstream power source.

Scattered across the mountainous and beautiful Appalachian landscape lie the remnants of what once powered the world: coal mines.

Strong leaders can help an organization maximize productivity and achieve business goals. Weak leadership can put the health of the business in jeopardy.

MI Technical Solutions Inc., a small business government contractor providing information technology services for military vessels, will invest $520,000 to expand its facility in the City of Chesapeake.

The State Air Pollution Control Board consideration of the proposed Minor New Source Review Permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Lambert Compressor Station has been removed from the agenda for the July 7 board meeting.

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Daniel Parks, an urgent care physician with Augusta Medical Group, coordinated the organization of the Waynesboro Assessment Center.

Gov. Ralph Northam today welcomed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to the Commonwealth to tour The Port of Virginia and discuss offshore wind industry supply chain opportunities.

The House today passed the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation [INVEST] in America Act, meaning, the infrastructure week long promised by Donald Trump may finally be on the horizon.
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