Albemarle County extends hours for community cooling centers
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It’s still hot, with head indices in Charlottesville and Albemarle County projected in the 105-110 range today and in the vicinity of 100 on Friday.
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Augusta County leaders look to address zoning loopholes on data centers
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Any company that would want to build an energy-hogging, environment-clogging hyperscale data center in Augusta County can do so right now by right on property zoned industrial without needing county approval.
House energy coalition members take climate change tour of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Members of the House energy coalition joined the SEEC Institute on a climate change tour of Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week.
Beat the heat: Albemarle County opens cooling centers Tuesday, Wednesday
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Albemarle County is opening two cooling centers on Tuesday and Wednesday to give residents without access to air conditioning relief from the extreme heat.
Harrisonburg: Rockingham County artist presents watercolor paintings in ‘Home to Me’
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As a Rockingham County artist and entrepreneur contemplates college, paintings in her upcoming exhibit represent the meaning of home.
Trump rescissions bill undermines American allies, national security, credibility
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President Donald Trump’s rescissions bill includes up to $125 million in cuts for the Clean Technology Fund at the Climate Investment Funds.
Virginia home sales sluggish, but sale prices, counterintuitively, still on the rise
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My Econ 201 professor might have a hard time explaining the May 2025 Virginia Home Sales Report, which has home sales declining for the fourth month in a row, and yet, sale prices are on the rise.
Can lava flows be harnessed into structures we could live and work in?
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In 2018, Icelandic architect Arnhildur Pálmadóttir’s company, Studio Arnhildur Palmadottir, coined the term “lavaforming” and declared it their new project.
The heat dome is here: Tips for how to avoid heat-related illness this week
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Per AccuWeather, it’s going to get stinkin’ hot in our neck of the woods beginning on Sunday, with the high temperature in AFP’s home base, Waynesboro, forecast at 92 degrees.
Youngkin appoints working group to review Virginia National Guard sexual-assault policies
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered a top-down review of policies aimed at preventing sexual assault in the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force.
