Prepare your home for thunderstorms, lightning
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The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety Research Center cautions homeowners not to underestimate the destructive force of thunderstorms.
Search Results for research
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Virginia melon season is ripe and ready
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Melon harvest is underway in Virginia, and growers are reporting a quality, sweet crop this year.
Consumers, farmers stand to benefit from 2018 Farm Bill
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Progress on the upcoming Farm Bill is critical to both farmers and food assistance program participants.
Virginia Master Naturalist chapter publishes guide to the state’s poisonous plants
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Just in time for the summer months when more people venture into the outdoors — and come into contact with poison ivy and other plants that are best avoided — there is a new reference guide to some of Virginia’s poisonous plants.
Hunting, wildlife and evolution
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Based on recent observation, some wild animals appear to be evolving in a variety of genetic and behavioral ways influenced by intense hunting practices.
Historic toy soldier company marches on Pamplin Park
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Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is hosting the world’s oldest toy soldier company W. Britain on July 27-29 for their annual model figure symposium.
New Dominion Bookshop to host talk on A Guide to Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia
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New Dominion Bookshop (404 E Main St., Charlottesville) will host a book talk and signing with Laura A. Macaluso, author of A Guide to Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia, on Saturday, August 4, at 4 p.m.
Executive MBA students learn about business innovation from local entrepreneurs
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A group of Pamplin College of Business Executive MBA students from the Washington, D.C., area learned about innovation and entrepreneurship first-hand from CEOs and other professionals in the Blacksburg-Roanoke area during a recent visit.
Griffith supports bill to enhance palliative care
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced bills in a full committee markup, including H.R. 1676, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act.
Virginia companies boost global sales through VALET
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Governor Ralph Northam today announced that 13 companies from across the Commonwealth have graduated from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade Program.
