Among the problems—poor communication with the public, failure to have enough plow operators on contract, and a lack of state-level planning for major snowstorm emergencies.
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Five years after neo-Nazis and other white supremacists rallied in Charlottesville, the city is still reflecting on what happened. Several residents told their stories and shared their conclusions with Radio IQ’s Sandy Hausman.
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Many Republicans are encouraging Glenn Youngkin to run for president, but he's not the first Virginia governor to consider a campaign for the White House.Jeff Schapiro of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Michael Pope take a look at governor's who have considered hitting the campaign trail for national office.
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Former Rocky Mount Police Sgt. Thomas Robertson didn’t speak in court before a federal judge sentenced him to seven years and three months in prison.
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The Annie E Casey foundation says 11% of children in Virginia – ages three to 17 – are suffering from anxiety or depression. That’s reported by their parents.
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Until last summer, nearly 5 million Virginians lacked dental insurance. Expansions to Medicaid in the past year have helped, there’s still a shortage of dentists in parts of the Commonwealth who are willing to accept low-income patients.
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As Charlottesville observes the fifth anniversary of Unite the Right, a photographer who documented the Summer of Hate five years ago presents a show in the trees along the city’s downtown mall. Rather than focus on right wing extremists, it features those who stood up to them.
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Last month, one of Virginia’s largest producers of flour and cornmeal announced they would be closing their business. Big Spring Mill has been in operation along the Roanoke River between Christiansburg and Roanoke since 1850. Meanwhile, another mill in nearby Floyd County is stepping up its production.
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded a more than $1.4 million dollar grant to bolster a peer recovery network in the Roanoke Valley.
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Kim and Phillip Zettel have always loved animals. They fostered more than 60 of them last year alone, so when it was time to retire they naturally thought of pets.
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State regulators have now approved plans for the largest offshore wind farm in the nation. Already, Dominion Energy has completed testing of two test turbines off the coast of Virginia Beach.
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