USDA announces $25M to turn commodities into value-added products
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USDA is investing $25 million to help 247 businesses nationwide expand their operations and create new products to market.
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Chris Graham: Race, partisan divide over Ferguson?
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How naïve I am: silly white liberal ol’ me thought my visceral reaction to the ongoing police suppression of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, demanding justice for an unarmed black teen shot to death by a police officer two weeks ago would be shared by my friends on the right and left and across the racial divide.
Charlottesville firefighters fill the boot for local MDA families
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Members of the Charlottesville Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 2363 and Charlottesville Fire Department, along with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, kicked off the fire fighters’ annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign to benefit children and adults affected by muscle disease throughout the Charlottesville area.
AAA: Stay alert as kids head back to school
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As summer draws to a close and the classroom bell rings in the new school year, AAA Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-Atlantic Foundation for Safety and Education want to remind motorists that driving habits must change to insure the safety of children heading back to school throughout the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program debuts webcast series
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The Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program (CSIIP) is a free-to-use online program that is funded by the Commonwealth of Virginia and matches Virginia undergraduate students looking for a paid internship to companies in Virginia that offer paid internship opportunities.
Robert Hurt: Healthcare law continues to cost Americans more
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Insurance rates for 2015, the second year since the implementation of the president’s healthcare law, are projected to increase more than 8 percent according to a report released Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
ATVs report: Paved roads, no helmets common in fatal accidents
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A new report highlights the dangers posed by using ATVs on roadways, without helmets and when consuming alcohol.
Study debunks 10 most popular claims against GMOs
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In light of the ongoing debate over genetically modified organisms,Popular Science magazine interviewed nearly a dozen scientists about 10 of the most common claims about GMOs.
Shenandoah Valley Technology Council supports science education effort
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The Shenandoah Valley Technology Council is a supporter of FIRST Lego League’s mission to engage kids in science and technology.
Risky oil drilling off Atlantic beaches raises multiple concerns
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Opening up the Mid and South Atlantic coast to risky oil drilling is ill-advised, according to comments submitted this week to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management by 27 citizens groups regarding the government’s proposed 2017-2022 leasing of the Atlantic Coast to oil companies for drilling.
