There’s a shortage of water plant operators nationwide, and that’s expected to grow as more workers retire. Virginia Tech has a week-long water operator training each June.
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A Carroll County musician is making waves among fans of a music genre known as dungeon synth.
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Multiple court cases could impact Virginia voters and their election districts.Radio IQ Politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.
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In early April, Lynchburg’s head of finance shared that Liberty University had plans to nearly double its number of on-campus students, news she and the city manager had delivered to bond rating agencies.But university officials say it’s not true.
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The rescue and sanctuary got notice its lease won’t be renewed in August.
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The Ford broke the U.S. record for the longest post-Vietnam War deployment, a nearly 10-month span after leaving Naval Station Norfolk in June.
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Virginia is about to get a handful of new laws to crack down on debt collectors.
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Virginia’s Department of Corrections is the most expensive agency in the state, costing taxpayers more than $1.5 billion a year, but few people know what goes on behind prison walls. To change that, a non-profit group is coordinating a pen pal program designed to educate the public and provide support for inmates who are lonely.
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It’s been 250 years since Thomas Jefferson penned America’s Declaration of Independence, but Jefferson’s reputation as a hero might have been tarnished by one incident that occurred on June 4th, 1781.
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Researchers across Appalachia are trying to better understand how survivors of Hurricane Helene are doing, years after their lives were uprooted by flooding.
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