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Delegates clash in advance of 2023 election as video, bodycam footage of alleged abuse is released
The battle between two Virginia lawmakers pitted against each other after the district boundaries were redrawn heated up during a GOP fundraiser at the Wytheville Meeting Center...
P&HCC Wins National Award For Advanced Manufacturing Program
P&HCC’s Advanced Manufacturing program has won the first Rural Community College Alliance (RCCA) Innovation and Access Award for its partnership with Festo Didactic and the National Coalition...
Donation awarded to Bassett center
The Colonel George Waller Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution recently made a donation to the Bassett Historical Center to thank them for their support...
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Thursday’s Scores
PREP FOOTBALL= Amelia County 39, Randolph-Henry 0 Amherst County 55, Mecklenburg County 13 Armstrong 52, Park View-Sterling 3 Bassett 41, Magna Vista 7 Bruton 49, Charles City County High School 0 Buckingham County 38, Franklin 6 Catholic High School of Va Beach 41, Norfolk Christian School 13 Chatham 41, Nelson County 0 Churchland 42, Grafton
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Study finds that climate change added 10% to Ian’s rainfall
Climate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, a study prepared immediately after the storm shows. Thursday’s research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates during the real storm to about 20 different computer scenarios of a model with Hurricane Ian’s characteristics slamming into the Sunshine State in a world with no human-caused climate change.
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US Navy’s newest carrier to deploy, train with NATO nations
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Following years of delays and problems with its new technology, the U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier embarks on its first deployment next week and will train with other NATO countries at a time of increasing Russian aggression in Ukraine. The USS Gerald R. Ford leaves the world’s largest Navy base
