Conservation initiatives will continue with new Farm Bill
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Farm bills provide crop insurance and nutritional assistance, but they also play a vital role in helping farmers conserve natural resources.
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Augusta Health cuts ribbon on emergency department expansion
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Augusta Health celebrated the completion of the expansion of its Emergency Department with a community Open House and Ribbon Cutting on Saturday, July 21.
Understanding the opioid crisis In America
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The opioid crisis in America is so widespread that you likely have a loved one or know someone who is addicted.
Virginia agriculture gains new leaders as VALOR graduates latest class
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The Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results (VALOR) program, the commonwealth’s premier agriculture-leadership training program, celebrated the graduation of its third class of leadership fellows at the Hotel Roanoke on July 14.
Shenandoah University signs pharmacy articulation agreement with Richard Bland College
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Shenandoah University and Richard Bland College signed an articulation agreement that allows two-year RBC students to transfer to the university’s four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) curriculum.
How can companies encourage employees to go green?
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Many companies talk the talk when it comes to going green and do the minimum possible so as not to look bad (e.g. install recycling bins), but fewer actually walk the talk.
Forecasting growth of pine trees through first half of 21st century
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The ability to predict weather patterns has helped us make clothing choices and travel plans, and even saved lives. Now, researchers in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment are using similar predictive methods to forecast the growth of trees.
Northam establishes Work Group on Student Safety
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Governor Ralph Northam announced Thursday the formation of the Work Group on Student Safety. The work group will be co-chaired by Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran and Secretary of Education Atif Qarni.
Blue Ridge Optics to invest in new product line in Bedford County
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Blue Ridge Optics, an industry leader in the fabrication, polishing and coating of optical components, will invest $750,000 to develop a new product line in the Town of Bedford in Bedford County.
Warner presses SEC to require companies to tell investors whether, how they invest in workers
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) pressed the SEC to use its rulemaking authority to require companies to tell shareholders whether and how they are investing in their workforces.
