It’s that time of year when wildlife wanders out of the woods and into our yards. Bear are the biggest problem near the Blue Ridge, but deer are the biggest problem statewide.
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Water authority: Data, resiliency and community, securing our region’s water future
A guiding principle that informs all Authority expansions is simple: development pays for development. We are committed to ensuring that a new subdivision, apartment complex or commercial facility never creates negative service impacts for our current customers or our environment.
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Southeastern Wind Coalition: Offshore wind matters to all Virginians
If offshore wind had been online during Winter Storm Elliott in 2022, Virginians could have relied on domestic wind energy instead of costly natural gas imports and saved roughly $10 million in one day.
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When the Roanoke Valley needs more water, it won’t build a new reservoir. It will build pipelines.
A study nearly two decades ago identified potential water sources for the Roanoke Valley. The top options all involved piping water, not building a new reservoir.
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If Virginia’s ‘best state for business’ ranking falls, data center taxation debate will get the blame
But will Virginia fall? We don’t know yet, but we do know how CNBC has changed its formula. Here’s a look at whether that helps or hurts the state.
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Community Healthcare Association: 340B reporting mandates risk diverting care from Virginia’s most vulnerable patients
The state budget now before the governor would create significant, unfunded administrative burdens for community health centers without meaningfully improving patient care.
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Google wants 2 million gallons of water per day. The Roanoke Valley loses nearly three times that much every day through leaks.
The biggest water user for the Western Virginia Water Authority is leaks. The system once lost nearly 38% of its water through leaks. Now that’s down to 27%.
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Virginia needs more technical workers, but it’s stepping away from funding a program to develop them
The budget the General Assembly just passed drops funding for the GO TEC program that serves 49 school divisions across the state.
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Conservation Fund: Governor Spanberger, make Oak Hill Virginia’s next state park
Oak Hill is the only privately held home of a presidential Founding Father — the estate where James Monroe lived and where he drafted the Monroe Doctrine that shaped two centuries of American foreign policy.
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The Roanoke Valley was supposed to run out of water in 2060. Now that date has been pushed to about 2100. Here’s why it’s changed.
The valley’s water use has consistently run below what was projected, which has pushed the date at which the valley will run out of water further into the future.
