Montgomery educator named Virginia AITC Teacher of the Year
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Marlena “K” Preston of Montgomery County has been named Virginia’s Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year.
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Aquaculture helping to boost Virginia oyster harvest
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Virginia’s oyster harvest rose 25 percent last year, passing the 500,000-bushel mark. The dockside value of that harvest increased to $22.2 million, with an estimated economic impact of over $58 million.
Ken Plum: Clash of ideas, ideals
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Ideas and ideals clash in the legislature. That makes the job interesting and at the same time challenging.
Plant-based molecule may be key to cleanup of Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster
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A Virginia Tech professor is part of a team of scientists from Japan and the United States that may have discovered a way to remove radioactive cesium from the millions of gallons of contaminated water being held at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 disaster.
Bob Goodlatte’s latest payback to Big Oil at Virginia’s expense
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A progressive group in Washington is bringing attention to Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte for what it says is Goodlatte’s political moves putting his special interest friends in Big Oil ahead of his constituents.
Dan Gecker announces campaign for Virginia’s 10th Senate District
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Dan Gecker announced Wednesday that he is running for Virginia’s 10th Senate District, an open seat encompassing parts of Chesterfield County and Richmond City, and all of Powhatan County.
Virginia Tech receives record number of undergraduate applications
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Virginia Tech received a record number of undergraduate applications for admission to the Class of 2019. The almost 22,500 freshman applications received to date is a 7.6 percent increase over last year’s total of 20,897.
Governor McAuliffe applauds land conservation funding in Obama budget
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Governor McAuliffe on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to President Obama for including up to $37.8 million in his Fiscal Year 2016 budget to fund land conservation projects within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
House of Delegates passes transportation accountability legislation
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The Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation Tuesday to require Northern Virginia transit transportation projects be evaluated and selected for funding pursuant to the same standards as all other transportation projects.
Virginia local officials voice support for EPA proposed clean water rule.
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In advance of a rare joint congressional hearing to be held this Wednesday, elected officials called on members of the state’s congressional delegation to support restoring protections to 57% of Virginia’s streams, including those that feed into the Chesapeake Bay.
