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Emily Hemphill

Emily Hemphill is a Political Science and Journalism major at the University of Mary Washington and sports editor of the school paper, the Weekly Ringer. She is from Roanoke.

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More than a year later, scientists in Martinsville are still working on skeleton of ice age cat found in Lee County

by Emily Hemphill January 23, 2023January 22, 2023

In the fall of 2021, cavers removed a skeleton of an ice age cat in Lee County. The lab technician working to free the skeleton from the surrounding rock estimates she has already devoted roughly 1,000 hours to the project, with more to come.

The MacGillivray's warbler spotted at Lake Shenandoah in Rockingham County. Courtesy of Garland Kitts.
Posted inCulture

A bird that shouldn’t be here has been spotted in the Shenandoah Valley

by Emily Hemphill December 26, 2022December 26, 2022

Birders are flocking to Rockingham County to see a MacGillivray’s warbler, a West Coast species that should be in Mexico or Central America for the winter.

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Virginia’s Black hospital for TB patients finally gets a historical marker

by Emily Hemphill July 13, 2022July 10, 2022

More Blacks than whites contracted TB; many went to the Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Nottoway County for treatment.

Posted inCulture

Girls’ hockey takes the ice in Vinton

by Emily Hemphill June 30, 2022June 29, 2022

Lynchburg-based coach holds All Girls Hockey Camp.

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Banners, business cards, basketball jerseys: the cost of changing a school’s name

by Emily Hemphill May 19, 2022May 18, 2022

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College will become Mountain Gateway on July 1, a process that has taken months — and $250,000 — to complete.

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