
Earth Talk: Less fish in the ocean?
Environmental advocates do spend a lot of time harping about threats to our oceans, but sadly for all of us the facts bear out the concern.

Environmental advocates do spend a lot of time harping about threats to our oceans, but sadly for all of us the facts bear out the concern.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement on the government funding bill becoming law, averting another shutdown.

Recently, hunters in Virginia may have been alarmed to hear 28 deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Hunters worry that it will reduce game populations and hunting opportunities.

Chronic Wasting Disease was confirmed by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries in 26 deer from Frederick County and two deer from Shenandoah County during 2018.

Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine applauded Senate passage of a bill that reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program that protects and preserves Virginia’s public lands.

“What do you do for a living?” can be a complicated question for a Virginia Cooperative Extension agent to answer succinctly.

Your career and future life depends on the college major you choose.

The Office for Inclusion and Diversity sponsored its 16th annual Advancing Diversity Workshop on Jan. 15 at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.

President Trump has signed a bill funding the portions of government recently affected by the partial shutdown. It extends until February 15, and during that time, negotiations about securing the border should take place.

The National Park Service has abandoned its defense of the agency’s latest permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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