No information was released on what prompted the move from a Florida zoo to a well-known elephant sanctuary in Tennessee.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is founding editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136.
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5 questions that will determine this year’s congressional midterms in Virginia (and beyond)
If we could answer these questions now, we’d know how things will turn out. We can’t, but we can ask them anyway.
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The lesson from Virginia’s primary: The establishment won on both sides.
Progressive “outsiders” have fared well in other states. They didn’t in Tuesday’s primaries in Virginia. Plus, insight into how Roanoke council member Peter Volosin lost.
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Virginia faces a collision of policy choices on data centers and energy
We have built an economy that is requiring difficult choices, on the environment, on jobs, on land use, on lots of things. Is government capable of handling all these?
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Spanberger restores civil rights to more than 66,000 Virginians. But that doesn’t mean we’re getting 66,000 new voters. Here’s some math.
Not everyone eligible to register to vote does so. And not everyone who is registered actually votes. Here’s a guess at how many voters this action will produce.
Posted inCulture
The first of three trials related to Natural Bridge Zoo will begin in February
The case has spawned three separate trials; the other two are set for March.
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Election Live: Mizusawa wins Republican Senate race; Volosin out in Roanoke council contest; Brown leads Montgomery sheriff primary
This is where we’ll be commenting on the election through the day and the primary results once they come in.
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5 things to look for in Tuesday’s primary results
The election will tell us things besides who wins and who loses.
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Virginia Tech’s football team is worth more than some major league sports franchises, report says
College football teams can’t be bought or sold, but if they could be, a new report lays out what they’d be worth.
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The Valley Link transmission line is unpopular in rural counties, but it’s the result of policies pursued by both Republican and Democratic presidents
The challenges to energy development often override political ideology. With Valley Link, Republican-voting counties are opposing policies pursued by the Trump administration (although Biden pursued them, as well).
