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Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced the fiscal year 2018 farmland preservation grant recipients. The VDACS Office of Farmland Preservation has awarded a total of $308,076 to five localities.
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In a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Gov.-elect Ralph Northam today requested that Virginia be excluded from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s plans to expand offshore drilling off of all U.S. waters.
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Amthor International, the largest tanker truck manufacturer in North America, will invest $7.1 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Pittsylvania County.
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Shenandoah University has six home games on its 2018 slate. The Hornets have the extra home game this coming fall due to the addition of Ferrum College to the ODAC slate. This is the third time in program history, after 2001 and 2004, that SU has hosted six games in a season.
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The Johnson Street parking garage in Staunton is scheduled to undergo significant repairs to update and revitalize the structure this year. This renovation will represent the first major rehabilitation project since the garage was built 42 years ago.
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has developed a method that can be used by the public to nominate weed species for adding to Virginia’s Noxious Weeds list.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced he is recommending $3,142,588 in Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grants for 10 projects in the Appalachian Region of Virginia, which encompasses 25 counties and eight independent cities in Southwest Virginia.
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The State Corporation Commission has acted to ensure that customers of Virginia’s major public utilities receive the benefits of the corporate tax cut contained in the federal tax legislation enacted last month.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced $2,149,346 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for four projects in Virginia. This funding will support projects that improve sewer infrastructure and foster economic development in localities across the Commonwealth.
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The VirginiaSAVES Green Communities Program has created more than 900 jobs during Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s administration, generating more than $70 million in energy savings across the Commonwealth.
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