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Virginia’s 75-day spring wildfire season is set to begin at 4 p.m. on Friday, with a prohibition of burning before 4 p.m. each day until April 30, if the fire is in, or within 300 feet of woodland, brushland or fields containing dry grass or other flammable materials.
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New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host a book talk and signing with Claire Millikin and Blake Calhoun on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.
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The beginning of the new year is a perfect time to test home smoke alarms, which can help save lives in the event of a household fire.
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David W. Nichols has been named the new fire and rescue chief in Augusta County.
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The Middle River Regional Jail Authority Board has voted to dismiss Jack Lee as superintendent of the jail, effective immediately.
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Seven people were displaced as a result of a house fire on Hook Lane in Staunton reported at 10:41 a.m. Sunday.
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Greensville County Power Station has officially joined Dominion Energy Virginia’s fleet of clean, safe and efficient natural gas-fueled electric generating units.
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Dennis Lynn Brent, a Charlottesville firefighter and former chief of the Palmyra Volunteer Fire Company, passed away Saturday, Dec. 1, after a nearly two-year long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Appomattox Field Office is investigating a fatal fire in Augusta County. The fire occurred around 10 p.m. Monday (Nov. 26) at a trailer in the 800 block of Stuples Hollow Road in Craigsville.
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Health effects and costs in the form of respiratory and cardiovascular illness can be linked to fires as far as 200-300 miles from the smoke-impacted area, according to research from Klaus Moeltner of Virginia Tech.
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