Webb, Warner cosponsor legislation to expand offshore leasing
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U.S. Sens. Jim Webb Mark R. Warner announced the introduction of The Offshore Petroleum Expansion Now Act of 2012, or the OPEN Act, on Wednesday
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Earth Talk: Air pollution in national parks
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Pollution haze has been a problem at Shenandoah National Park for decades despite a 1977 congressional dictum calling for the nation’s greatest natural treasures—known as “Class 1” areas—to be free of the unhealthy air plaguing cities
Augusta Health welcomes two new physicians
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David Krieger, DO, MPH, MBA, a specialist in occupational medicine, has joined Augusta Health as the medical director of the new Occupational Health program. The Fishersville hospital also announced the addition of Michael Layne, M.D., an internal medicine physician, as a hospitalist
Foundation awards more than $40K in college scholarships
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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge announces scholarship awards over $40,000 to 30 area students
PPI/Time Zero adding 50 jobs at Waynesboro location
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High-tech manufacturer PPI/Time Zero has announced plans to add space and another 50 jobs at Solutions Place in Waynesboro
Earth Talk: Full accounting of the costs of producing, consuming meat
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Dear EarthTalk: We’ve been hearing for years how producing red meat is bad for the environment while consuming it is bad for our health. How do other types of meat, fish, dairy and vegetable proteins stack up in terms of environmental and health impacts? – Julia Saperstein, via e-mail Not all forms of protein are…
VDOF begins agency reorganization
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The Virginia Department of Forestry has shifted from a county-based to a multi-county, area-based life safety and public service agency under an agency reorganization plan that went into effect last week
Gilbert, ACLU propose legislation to regulate unmanned aerial drones
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State Del. C. Todd Gilbert (R Woodstock) and the ACLU of Virginia announced Thursday that they are working together on legislation to regulate the use of unmanned aerial drones in the Commonwealth
Ken Plum: Uranium mining in Virginia
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Virginia has one of the largest deposits of uranium of anyplace in the country in Pittsylvania County in the southern part of the state. The location of Coles Hill Farm where the deposit is centered is in the Roanoke River watershed. There are smaller deposits of uranium in other parts of the state including the Piedmont region
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
