The Community Flood Preparedness Fund uses proceeds from Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to fund flood mitigation projects across the state. Many Southwest localities are still in the early stages of CFPF funded projects as widespread flooding has continued to devastate the region.
Redbird
The Northern Cardinal does not migrate. It generally lives its entire life within a mile of where it hatches. These are the stories of our home territory.
Those special stories — watchdog, narrative, data, explainer — aren’t created to sell ads, get clicks, or move product, but to move you. They won’t ‘hit you where you live.’ They’ll meet you where you live. They’ll explain what’s happening around you, telling you deeper stories about the world you live in and telling your stories to the rest of the world.
These stories get the Redbird tag. They’re stories that take time and patience, which Cardinal members provide through their support. And when they step out of the nest, they already know how to fly.
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Virginia is learning that composting doesn’t stink after all.
This small Roanoke composting facility has survived three years of business, when conversations about composting are just beginning in the city and the state.
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Volunteers run an ‘extremely valuable’ part of the juvenile court system. There aren’t enough of them.
There are more than 100 children on the waitlist for a Court Appointed Special Advocate in the greater Lynchburg area. While they wait, they remain largely voiceless in foster care cases, the organization’s leaders say.
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Following the money: How and where Danville’s casino revenue is being spent, one year after it opened
Danville has received tens of millions from Caesars Virginia. That money is being spent all over the city.
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Small city, big plans: In Covington, new businesses and amenities turn optimism into action
More than a dozen shops and restaurants have opened downtown in recent years. The city is developing public amenities such as a new miniature golf course, a public art display and a green space for future outdoor events. It’s all part of this small Virginia city’s effort to attract and retain residents and visitors.
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‘Who doesn’t love pancakes’: Martinsville’s Kiwanis Club preps for Pancake Day
As temps cool, griddles heat up for Pancake Day on Thursday.
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‘You could never count’ the amount of digital information stored in data centers
The cloud isn’t really a cloud. It’s servers inside data centers, many of them in Virginia. And all of our cat videos and medical records and purchasing data take up billions of bytes of storage.
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She knows ‘success’ in recovery is a lifelong process
Mia Stanley, who kicked a 20-year oxycodone habit and turned her life around, recently relapsed.
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Dickenson County’s new addiction treatment center brings long-term residential treatment to an area that has little
Proponents of the Addiction Recovery Care program say the length and depth of the program helps clients get and stay clean.
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Addiction treatment as an economic development strategy? Dickenson County, ravaged by substance abuse and overdose deaths, says yes
The first of two drug treatment centers has been completed; it was purposefully built within sight of the county’s new industrial park.