NAACP president Derrick Johnson to speak at the University of Mary Washington
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Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP since 2017, will speak Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the University of Mary Washington.
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Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment law of the land: Setting up constitutional fight
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Virginia, in 2020, became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the effort led by Jennifer McClellan, then a state senator, now a congresswoman.
SPCA: Make plans now for pets during extreme cold predicted next week
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Temperatures are predicted at below zero next week, and the Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA wants to ensure that pets are safe.
Eastern Mennonite University to host Martin Luther King Jr. Day events Sunday, Monday
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Eastern Mennonite University will host its eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 19, and Monday, Jan. 20.
FBI: Two Virginia brothers now face felony charges for their actions on Jan. 6
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A Southwest Virginia man now faces charges similar to his brother for their actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Biden administration invests $22M in program to reclaim abandoned coal mines
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The Biden administration has committed $22 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines in Southwest Virginia, the New River Valley and Central Virginia.
Staunton: Three Notch’d Road presents Italian pastoral drama in February
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Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble will present “If Music Be the Food of Love” on Feb. 14, 15 and 16.
Analysis: One year after nets installed at Golden Gate Bridge, deaths by suicide down
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The five-year, $224 million project to install nets on the Golden Gate Bridge to reduce deaths by suicide is saving lives as intended.
Michael Schoeffel: A funeral, on New Year’s Eve, on Purgatory Mountain
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Most people don’t go to funerals on New Year’s Eve, but we did, because that’s the way things went in 2024. It was an unexpected funeral, for the mother of one of my wife’s (Caitlin’s) childhood friends.
Roddy Scheer: What is Jimmy Carter’s environmental legacy?
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, made a lasting impact on environmental policy. His robust initiatives to protect natural resources and advance clean energy established the foundation for environmental policy in subsequent decades.
