Monday morning, council voted to hire Valmarie Turner. Turner most recently was deputy city manager for the City of Fairfax in Northern Virginia.
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“We have localities in the state that have approved data centers while banning solar. That kind of behavior is not sustainable in any way,” Senate Majority leader Scott Surovell told Radio IQ.
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The Bradley Free Clinic has been operating since 1974. Becoming an Area Health Education Center (AHEC) will expose medical students to all sorts of fields.
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Children who are born in lower-income families can do as well as their peers from wealthier families if they attend preschool for five years. That’s according to a study that followed at-risk children for nearly five decades. But the study finds long-term impacts are different between girls and boys.
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With the 2024 drawing to a close, that means the 2025 Virginia General Assembly session is coming on fast.Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope look ahead to some of the big issues expected at the capitol in the New Year.
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Climbing Mt. Everest is an expensive business, costing anywhere from $20,000 to $200,000. Training and travel add to the tab, but an aspiring economist at UVA has found a low-cost way to ascend over 29,000 feet in less than a day.
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One day after the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus described conditions at a maximum-security prison as degrading and inhumane, the head of Virginia’s prison system is fighting back. Sandy Hausman reports on what he and the state’s governor had to say.
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The official White House Christmas Tree this year was selected from a farm in Western North Carolina—the area that produces a fourth of the country’s Christmas Trees. It also suffered major damage from Hurricane Helene.
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Members of the General Assembly are working on legislation to crack down on predatory loans, with a focus on something called rent-a-bank.
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Politics may divide us, but there are plenty of foods that will unite Americans this holiday season -– among them a mayonnaise produced by Richmond-based Sauer Brands. It’s called Duke’s, and it’s something of an icon.
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Pressure is mounting over the treatment of inmates at a maximum security prison in Southwest Virginia.
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