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The Virginia Tourism Corporation received a national tourism industry award for its WanderLove campaign, a recovery initiative that united Virginia’s tourism industry.
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In one area, homelessness, the pandemic was a blessing as far as funds directed to communities to shelter those living in tent cities, their cars, abandoned buildings, or worse.
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Donald Trump, who rarely backs down from a fight, is backing down from a fight with New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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Ancient giant sequoias in California, once considered impervious to flames, are again under threat from wildfires, this time in the Yosemite National Park.
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Governor Glenn Youngkin announced he has chosen additional key administration appointments.
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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has announced $3 million in grant funding to protect and preserve sites representing African American history.
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Arts Council of the Valley will open a new Smith House Galleries exhibition of installation, ceramic sculpture, and mixed media works by Herb Weaver with a reception during First Fridays of the Valley on August 5.
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Communities across the country are focusing on adding school resource officers in the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers in May.
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The Virginia Department of Health has announced the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the Blue Ridge Health District. The case was confirmed on July 11.
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A caller claiming to be from the “document control division” of a “Jacob and Associates” left a message on my cell about a supposed long ago past-due credit card debt.
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