More than 100 lawmakers introduce legislation to delay expiration of child care grants
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Days away from American Rescue Plan Childcare Stabilization grants expiring, lawmakers are joining forces to introduce legislation.
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Staunton District Traffic Alert: VDOT schedule for week of Sept. 25-29
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VDOT has updated its list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks.
What is it about natural gas fracking that environmentalists hate so much?
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Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting natural gas.
How are recent heat waves around the world affecting wildlife?
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It would be hard to ignore the heat waves that have plagued North America, Europe and Asia in recent months.
Monsanto agrees to pay Virginia $80M in PCBs distribution settlement
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PCBs were distributed by Monsanto Co. from the 1930s to 1977, when the company produced 99 percent of America’s PCBs.
VDOT, State Police making preparations for impact of Tropical Storm Ophelia
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Tropical Storm Ophelia has its eye on Virginia with the most severe impacts expected in Hampton Roads, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Northern Virginia.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin declares State of Emergency in response to Tropical Storm Ophelia
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Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a State of Emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Ophelia which is expected to have impacts on Virginia beginning on Friday.
Richmond film festival partners to bring bands to the city from around the globe
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The Richmond International Film Festival brings a six-day event featuring 196 film premieres plus 35 local, national and international bands at various venues.
Federal judge strikes down Fish and Wildlife ruling that hellbenders are not endangered
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A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take another look at its 2019 decision denying endangered status protection for the eastern hellbender, the nation’s largest aquatic salamander that is found in low numbers in all Chesapeake Bay drainage states.
Harrisonburg, Waynesboro accepting public comment on Chesapeake Bay action plans
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Public Works departments in Harrisonburg and Waynesboro are currently accepting comments related to their Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load action plans.
