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The company that plans to build a giant data center campus in Pittsylvania County has filed its permit application and revealed some details about what will be involved in the project.
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More of Southwest Virginia, including all of the New River Valley, is now out of drought watch status.
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NextEra chairman John Ketchum pointed to the promise of 1,000 new jobs, two years of bill credits and NextEra’s history of rapidly adding to renewable power generation.
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Immigration enforcement should not happen at the polls. That’s the argument of the County Board of Arlington in a new federal lawsuit aimed at keeping ICE agents and the FBI away from voters during the election.
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Students at the Handmade Music School in Floyd County are compiling a songbook of tunes and songs played in their community and telling the stories behind the music.
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The indictment against Virginia Senate President Louise Lucas was the biggest story this week in state government and politics. Michael Pope and Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro discuss the implications and more from the week that was.
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In three weeks, Virginia will mark the anniversary of a mass shooting at UVA -- the death of three football players returning from a field trip to D.C. and the wounding of two other students. At the time, few of those involved would speak to reporters. Now, nearly four years later, the NFL's film-production company shares intimate memories from players, their coach and victims' families in a documentary called Tragedy to Triumph.
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Every year, about a hundred thousand children are adopted in this country, and the new parents are often celebrated for their love and generosity. We don’t hear as much about birth moms— the women who decide to give up their babies. They’re the subject of a new film produced by two University of Virginia graduates.
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House Speaker Don Scott, Governor Abigial Spanberger and Attorney General Jay Jones, all fellow Democrats, said Sen. Louise Lucas deserves a fair trial.
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About 63% of high school graduates in this country go on to college. Many get help from counselors and parents when applying for admission, but some students face that challenge alone. A new documentary features one of them and the man who helped him get into a top university in Virginia.
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