“I want to respect and do everything I can to carry forward the memory of what those guys did that day,” said one firefighter.
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Christiansburg ups requirements for any future data center
There will be no by-right use in the town without provisions.
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Tech Briefs: Animatronics, AI and more at Virginia Tech’s Music + Technology Festival
Plus: Virginia Tech professors weigh in on Meta settlement ramifications. Roanoke College teams with Google to offer free AI training, career certificates.
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New River Valley Field Notes: Two new developments will increase Blacksburg’s affordable housing options
Plus: Pulaski County High School student Colby Gill earns first Perry Hodge Memorial Scholarship.
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New River Valley localities to get millions in federal relief money two years after Helene
Projects include a park restoration, wastewater repairs and debris removal.
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Tech Briefs: Warner, Griffith talk drone technology for Iran — and the Radford arsenal
Warner says White House turned down Ukraine’s offer of drone assistance; Griffith floats a plan to have Virginia Tech drone program monitor Radford Army Ammunition Plant.
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Virginia Tech gears up to fight enemy drones
The university’s Kentland Farm now houses the headquarters of a $5 million Army project that seeks to defeat the unmanned aerial systems that could threaten military, law enforcement and infrastructure.
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New River Valley Field Notes: Tuition reduced for in-state students at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Plus: Christiansburg Town Council approves development request by one of its members.
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Flock cameras ditched in Christiansburg and Giles County as opposition grows
“We’re obviously in tune with public sentiments and the overwhelming sentiment is that Flock cameras are becoming a concern about being a violation of privacy,” said one official.
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Virginia Tech board adds pieces to on-campus student housing plan
New dorms and renovations to existing ones will be completed over the next nine years, according to the school’s schedule.
