Earl Zimmerman | Roundup of what’s making news in the climate, environment
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality released a report revealing significant levels of strain on the eastern aquifers that could put clean drinking water at risk.
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality released a report revealing significant levels of strain on the eastern aquifers that could put clean drinking water at risk.
The legalization of mobile sports wagering conditioned an entire generation of American consumers to expect instantaneous digital liquidity. Virginians fully embraced this reality back in January 2021, transforming their smartphones into highly regulated betting terminals.
The Shenandoah County School Board appears poised to once again throw our tax dollars into a bonfire of vanity.
Arlington County authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at the Arlington County Detention Facility on Monday.
Donald Trump hit the deck as shots rang out, and while he was on the ground, and our attention was distracted, using the term borrowed from pro wrestling, he “juiced” – cut himself above the ear with a small razor blade.

Texas and Oklahoma were announced as pending members of the SEC in the summer of 2021, though the announcement at the time had them set to join the league three years later, in 2024.
Local alternative country music band Dogwood Tales will be playing a show on Friday, Aug. 28, at Pale Fire Brewing in Harrisonburg to mark the release of their new album, “Every Star in Rockingham County.”
“Residential zoning laws are in place for a reason,” a group of neighbors of a woman who bought a Waynesboro residential property in 2020 and has turned it into a B&B and events business wants the City Council to know. “This request involves a business, not just a home in the neighborhood with a few…
Former Penn State QB1 Ethan Grunkemeyer is expected to be the starter at QB for Virginia Tech when the season opens on Sept. 5 with VMI, but first-year coach James Franklin is going to make Grunkemeyer earn it.
Charlottesville Police have identified a suspect in an early-morning shooting on 5th Street Southwest in which three people were wounded.
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