The protection has prohibited logging and new road construction in specific woodlands.
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New documentary keeps the spotlight on regulatory failures and human toll of black lung disease in central Appalachia
‘Coal’s Human Cost’ premieres on PBS Frontline on Tuesday night, documenting historically high rates of the illness.
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Months after throwing beleaguered law school a financial lifeline, local officials want $3.4 million back
Some Buchanan County leaders say the Appalachian School of Law is in better financial health than they thought. The school’s president says that’s not the case.
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Data center rumors fly in Marion after town council won’t name developer interested in 200 acres of government property
Neighbors say they’ve seen noise testing and core drilling on the land.
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Once more, with feeling: Microreactor process starts off on a new foot in Wise County
Residents applaud transparency, but that same transparency indicates many residents don’t want nuclear.
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Grant program aims to expand Southwest Virginia’s behavioral health workforce by making training more affordable
The initiative, called Boost, pays for the thousands of hours of supervised clinical training that therapists must complete to become fully licensed.
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Heating and utility assistance is available in far Southwest this winter
As winter months approach, more rate increases could be coming.
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Bristol voters stick with the incumbents in city council election
Two newcomers won seats on the city school board in Tuesday’s election.
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If Old Dominion Power’s latest rate increase request is approved, some customers in the coalfields say they don’t know how they would pay their electric bills
Two Lee County neighbors have a question for the utility: What justifies a 23% jump?
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A last opportunity to weigh in on the potential of nuclear energy in Wise County comes Thursday
The final public meeting on the microreactor feasibility study will include an overview of the incoming report.
