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Data center opponents in the Roanoke Valley are reacting to a vote late Friday afternoon by a regional industrial facilities board that represents six local governments.

“There’s no legal authority to move forward with rulemaking and prior administrations may have tried to create lanes and we’re not doing that,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said.

Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy have announced new terms for their proposed merger – with officials from both companies stating the changes will “put customers first and position the Commonwealth as a global energy leader.”

People all over the country are looking to the congressional race in Tidewater Virginia and the Richmond suburbs as a bellwether.

The Virginia list should raise some eyebrows, with Rockingham, Augusta and other counties not making the so-called rural cut.

Voters in 47 Virginia localities will decide in November whether to add 1% to their local sales tax rate in order to raise money for school construction.

The bloom has “caused quite a stir” among officials who research the issue.

A board representing six localities in the Roanoke Valley voted Friday to enter into a purchase agreement with a company for land at Wood Haven Technology Park, which opponents say is an attempt to locate a data center there.

One of the state’s oldest and largest centers for neglected, abused or unwanted horses will host an open house this week and invite visitors to take one of several hikes around 172 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.