
Warner to host virtual conversation on Supreme Court nomination battle
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) will host a virtual conversation with Virginians on Wednesday to discuss the impact of the hastened Supreme Court confirmation on healthcare.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) will host a virtual conversation with Virginians on Wednesday to discuss the impact of the hastened Supreme Court confirmation on healthcare.

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management announced today the receipt of two awards of pre-disaster funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Norfolk City Council member Andria McClellan is making some noise in the 2021 Democratic Party lieutenant governor race.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is making up to $30 million available through the Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership to help conservation partners protect and restore critical wetlands on Virginia agricultural acreage.

Central Virginia Blues Society is putting on a concert next weekend to benefit Staunton residents whose homes were damaged in the Aug. 8 floods.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News.

Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA-08) and Francis Rooney (R-FL) today introduced the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act, bipartisan legislation that would direct offshore wind revenues to NOAA’s Coastal Resilience Grants Program.

It’s been 10 years since the Chesapeake Bay watershed was put on a “pollution diet.” And while there’s been some belt tightening since then, the regional effort to reduce nutrient pollution in order to restore a healthy Bay has fared about as well as many other diets: It is far from meeting its 2025 goal.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley, a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers in the Central Shenandoah Valley, produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News to inform legislators and the public.

A late frost and dry weather followed by flash flooding dinged this year’s tomato crop, and Hanover County grower Beau Mitchell is hoping for better weather next year.
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