Report: Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zones’ expected to be above average this year
The Chesapeake Bay’s so-called “dead zones” – low-oxygen areas that can suffocate underwater life and shrink available habitat – are expected to be above average this year.
The Chesapeake Bay’s so-called “dead zones” – low-oxygen areas that can suffocate underwater life and shrink available habitat – are expected to be above average this year.
Like the proverbial boiling frogs, the government has been gradually acclimating us to the specter of a police state for years now.
The Virginia Department of Health issued a swimming advisory late Friday for the Upper section of the North Anna Branch of Lake Anna in Louisa County.
With near record temperatures this week in Virginia, one emergency medicine doctor says it’s important to recognize signs and symptoms of a heat-related illness.
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan delivered two Community Project Funding checks to entities in the southern portion of Virginia’s District 4.

Virginia farmers are concerned about the ongoing string of hot days with low humidity that will likely affect crops.
Ryan Dunn, the defense savant 6’8” forward, appears to be a solid late-first-round pick in next week’s NBA Draft. UVA teammate Reece Beekman, a 6’3” point guard who tested the draft waters last spring, is a borderline late-second-round pick.
With kids out of school and temperatures heating up, summertime is here, and that means drivers are hitting the roads for vacation.
The Augusta Regional Landfill will be implementing an increase in tipping fees on July 1 to address rising operational costs.
The community is invited to see how their input has shaped the design of spraygrounds planned for Ralph Sampson Park in Harrisonburg.
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