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AccuWeather.com reports a “super derecho” of violent thunderstorms left a more than 700-mile trail of destruction across the Midwest and mid-Atlantic on Friday, cutting power to millions and killing thirteen people
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The Salem Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Lynchburg and Staunton, Virginia will be closed on Monday, July 2, due to loss of power as a result of recent severe weather
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Power companies are still working to restore service to thousands of Virginia residents who have been off the grid since a wave of powerful storms blew through the Commonwealth Friday night
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine held a roundtable discussion with Virginia women small business leaders on Friday to talk about his strategies for creating jobs and strengthening the economy
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) on Friday joined colleagues in approving a compromise two-year transportation package that includes more than $2 billion in federal transportation support for highway and transit projects in Virginia
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Dominion Virginia Power and the Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative continue to work around the clock to restore power following Friday’s severe storms. More than 71,000 Dominion customers in the Shenandoah Valley and 451,000 customers statewide were still without power as of 10 a.m. Sunday
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The Big South Conference today officially welcomes Longwood University as a member of the Conference, pushing the Big South membership to 12 institutions for the first time in League history. Longwood joins the Big South following five years as a Division I independent and is immediately eligible for all Big South championships and honors upon its entry
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VMI basketball recently added three new recruits this past spring – bringing the total number of new faces who will suit up for the Keydets in the 2012-13 season to four
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Sorry that we were a bit late getting to covering the news of the day involving the powerful, deadly storms that killed eight in Virginia and have left just short of a million people in the Commonwealth without power at this writing. My first priority upon waking up this Saturday morning wasn’t reporting the news – it was helping my sister manage after having made the news. Her Crimora mobile home was condemned after winds from Friday’s storms ripped the roof from the top and peeled it back like a lid on a can of peaches
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Virginia Department of Transportation crews have been working overnight and today clearing downed trees and debris from roads in the wake of last night’s storm. Currently, 250 roads are affected statewide; the majority are secondary routes and some primaries. All interstates are clear
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