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In Virginia, every year is an election year. And the primaries for the congressional midterms are only a few months away. -
More than 50 cities in this country offer a surprising service called a Tool Library. Among them – Charlottesville – where people pay a small fee to join and can then borrow one or more than a thousand tools. -
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is facing a lawsuit over so-called forever chemicals, also known as PFAS. They’ve been linked to cancer, birth defects and other medical problems, but DEQ doesn’t check for them when issuing storm water permits. -
Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger said the people will get to decide the redistricting issue; she’s focused on affordability. -
To help protect native plants and animals, ecology students at Virginia Tech experimented cooking dishes that use invasive plants and animals as ingredients. -
Young people are becoming more interested – and more active – in Virginia politics. One group of college students worked to turn out the vote this year. -
"The continuation of 2017 Trump tax cuts continues high advantages to the top two percent" Delegate Vivian Watts said. "The new cuts continue the emphasis on high income." -
An international collaboration to track individual monarchs kicked off this fall, including James Madison University. -
Perhaps you’ve seen the meme which reads: You don’t stop dancing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop dancing. A dance instructor in Roanoke is the very embodiment of this adage. -
This year’s National Christmas Tree is a red spruce from Highland County Virginia. Spruce are a rare species of trees in Appalachia. They suffered major damage in 2024 during Hurricane Helene.
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