UVA Health enhancing support for patients with disabilities
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UVA Health is improving its procedures to better meet the needs of patients with disabilities.
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Finding a home with the Hoge family
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Irving Peddrew III was accepted into Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1953, but it was being welcomed into a Blacksburg couple’s house on East Clay Street that helped him feel at home.
Sierra Club endorses Dr. Cameron Webb in Fifth District congressional race
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The Sierra Club has endorsed Dr. Cameron Webb for the Fifth District congressional seat.
Luria calls on House leadership to invest in workforce training
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D-VA-02) and Congressman Andy Kim (R-NJ-03) are making a bipartisan effort to urge House Leadership to allocate appropriate funding for workforce training programs that bolster coastal resiliency.
First Lady Pamela Northam kicks off Back to School tour in Southwest Virginia
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First Lady Pamela Northam will make socially distanced and virtual visits to child care classrooms, family day homes, Head Start programs, elementary schools, and other providers that serve the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable children and families.
CBD oil for dogs and cats suffering with trauma
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When an animal’s instincts reveal a threat to their safety, they instantly develop stress and fear responses. Once the danger is eliminated, behavior resumes as normal.
A big, bad crawdad: Invasive rusty crayfish can’t be stopped, only controlled
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Crawdad, crawfish, crayfish. No matter what you call the crustaceans, the rusty crayfish, an interloper from the Ohio River watershed, has become one of the most destructive invasive species in the streams and rivers of Chesapeake Bay states.
Hokie hooked on storms: Sharing his passion, and building a following
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Dark clouds gather across a dusk sky. The wind picks up and the temperature drops perceptibly. Thunder rolls in the distance, and then a first bolt of lightning illuminates a nearby mountaintop. For most people, these are signs to take cover. For Peter Forister, it’s time to grab the camera and get on Twitter.
FFA membership increases despite school interruptions
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Despite 2020 being a year of turmoil due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National FFA Organization continues to experience increased membership.
Collaboration with U.S. Air Force helps restore, protect endangered salamander
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In April of this year, young salamanders emerged from two northwestern Florida wetlands where they hadn’t been seen in over a decade. Their presence is the result of a long-term collaborative recovery effort between Virginia Tech and Eglin Air Force Base.
