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He survived the Bataan Death March, only to be killed by mistake near war’s end. Now he’s coming home to Pittsylvania County.
Claude Dewberry was on two Japanese ships that were sunk by American bombers, not realizing they were carrying POWs. He survived the first, but not the second. It’s taken eight decades for his remains to be found and identified. His funeral is Saturday.
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Politics
Notes from the Square: Gov. Spanberger visits Europe on her first trade mission
Plus: Winsome Earle-Sears announces she’s returning to the campaign trail, more money is heading to Tazewell County for Hurricane Helene relief and the governor includes two Southwest Virginians in her latest round of board appointments.
Local
Martinsville Field Notes: Data centers, solar projects on Henry County agenda
Plus: What Martinsville’s superintendent says about the sales tax referendum for school improvement projects, and Dino Fest returns!
Culture
Growing gardens of happiness at FloydFest
Danielle Ward manages landscaping at the annual music festival, a job that includes mitigating rain’s effects on the site’s wetlands, keeping pollinators happy — and using goats to get rid of poison ivy.
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education
Youth rescue camp aims to inspire Virginia’s next generation of first responders
More than 40 kids attended last month’s camp, which is part of the Virginia Association of First Responders’ efforts to bolster fire and rescue recruitment efforts.
eCONOMY
Google to use electric cooling instead of water in at least 1 of 3 data centers on Botetourt campus
It is unclear what impact an air-cooling system would have on the project’s overall water demand, according to a spokesperson for the Western Virginia Water Authority.
OPinion
Former telecom policy official: What happens when Virginia’s data centers grow old?
Within the next decade, owners of existing facilities will increasingly face decisions about modernization, expansion, redevelopment and replacement of equipment. Those decisions will be influenced by advances in computing technology, artificial intelligence, cooling systems, power efficiency and economics. Virginia should begin asking what will drive those reinvestment decisions.
HealthCare
The Pulse: Nonprofit raises more than $2 million to expand pediatric cancer treatments and resources in Southwest Virginia
Plus, more Virginians are paying out of pocket for emergency department visits and LewisGale Hospital Montgomery announces a new CEO.
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news briefs
Headlines from across the state: Chesapeake approves 8-month pause on data center applications; more …
From elsewhere: Even without a new map, Buttigieg says Virginia Democrats can win with focus on healthcare, affordability. UVa professor behind documentary tracing folk icon Pete Seeger’s environmental activism. Shearer’s Foods to close Bristol facility; about 155 employees affected.
Sports
VHSL 2026: With victory in girls tennis, Bland County wins its first team championship ever in any sport
Meanwhile, Ridgeview High won the Class 2 girls championship Thursday at Liberty University with a 5-2 victory over Bruton.
WEATHER
It has poured at my house four days this month. How are we still in drought?
Think beyond your backyard, much wider in space and time, to understand that drought is more than about what falls in your particular rain gauge.
Cardinal 250
Virginia’s royal governor made a grim last stand on a disease-ridden island by the Chesapeake Bay where corpses lay unburied
Lord Dunmore set up on Gwynn’s Island, but disease swept through his ranks. Then Andrew Lewis arrived with cannons.
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