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While the use of school resource officers briefly declined following George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis and the subsequent social justice uprising, the trend’s reversed.
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Roanoke City Council is set to decide the fate of proposed changes that would address housing development, vape shops, data centers, and more. -
Plans for a massive data center near the Manassas battlefield in Northern Virginia are being scrapped, marking a major win for neighborhood groups that battled against business interests. -
While America turns 250 this Fourth of July, the Great Seal of Virginia was first authorized the day after— July 5th, 1776. -
In the hills outside Front Royal, scientists and animal keepers are at work ensuring that endangered species from America and beyond survive. One of their ongoing success stories has been that of the black-footed ferret. -
Local governments and low-income Virginians are about to start receiving grants for flood resiliency and energy efficiency. -
Virginia regulators have put the brakes on efforts by Mountain Valley Pipeline to build a natural gas compressor station in Montgomery County. -
Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government. -
The Free Clinic of Culpeper launched a peer recovery program in May. The grant-supported program aims to help individuals with substance use disorders, in partnership with a regional community services organization. -
About 20% of Virginians have a criminal conviction or past arrest. Virginia legislators passed a law to allow the sealing of that history years ago, but it’s just going into effect this week. -
The fight against expanded polystyrene, commonly called styrofoam, dates back to the 1980s.
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