DMV message program reaches 1 million mark
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One million Virginians have signed up to receive notices from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles via email, text or phone message
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Local dancers show well at NYC event
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Old Dominion Performance Arts Studio dancers just returned from a trip to New York City for a Nationals competition and workshop
McDonnell: ‘Significant’ progress in Bay cleanup
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Virginia is exceeding its commitments under the Chesapeake Bay Program to reduce nutrients in the bay from wastewater treatment plants, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Friday. Significant reductions of nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewater put Virginia well on track to meet future two-year “milestones” for bay restoration
Holton leads small-business talk in Chesterfield
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Anne Holton campaigned on behalf of her husband, U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine, in Chesterfield County, on Thursday
MedExpress opens new location in Staunton
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MedExpress Urgent Care, the leader in providing full-service, walk-in urgent care, opened its fourth center in Virginia today at 1209 Richmond Ave. in Staunton. MedExpress also operates centers in Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Deborah Conner: What’s the matter with making a profit?
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Had interesting conversation at the Darjeeling Café last week. Was a sort of grilling by a stranger, really. “What’s wrong with making a profit?” he kept repeating. I’d mentioned that multinational companies like Exxon Mobil’s XTO are selling U.S. liquid natural gas overseas, reaping five to six times the domestic price doing it
Award-winning quartet at WTA’s Gateway
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The award winning Andrew McKnight and Beyond Borders will bring their exciting fusion of musical genres to WTA’s Gateway on Saturday, July 14. The performance, supported by a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, begins at 8 pm at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro
Earth Talk: Natural gas as automotive fuel?
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It is difficult to say which of the growing number of fuel options will power the cars of the future. But natural gas, given its domestic abundance, low price and lesser carbon footprint, is certainly a contender, at least as far as researchers at the federally funded Argonne National Laboratory are concerned
Capital One to invest $150M in Chesterfield County facility
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Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) will invest more than $150 million to establish a new data center in Chesterfield County
Earth Talk: Making renewable energies competitive
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Given the importance of abundant amounts of energy for Americans, the federal government tends to subsidize all forms of energy development, including fossil fuels and renewables. A recently released report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that in 2011 the federal government spent $16 billion of our tax dollars in subsidies for the development of renewable energy and increased energy efficiency, and only $2.5 billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry in the form of tax breaks
