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Rockbridge County trash clean-up teams compete for Litter Cup

|Date: March 25, 2021

Rockbridge County trash clean-up teams compete for Litter Cup

The community clean-up effort returns this week after coronavirus cancelled last year's competition. ...

The community clean-up effort returns this week after coronavirus cancelled last year's competition. ...

March 25, 2021
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Rockbridge considers proposal for solar panel facility near Fairfield school

|Date: March 11, 2021

Rockbridge considers proposal for solar panel facility near Fairfield school

The Fairfield facility would be the largest in the county. Three similar facilities already exist. The BA ...

The Fairfield facility would be the largest in the county. Three similar facilities already exist. The BARC Electric Cooperative installed the first one in Kerrs Creek in 2016. ...

March 11, 2021
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Senate Democrats kill electric rate reform bills

|Date: February 16, 2021

Senate Democrats kill electric rate reform bills

Advocates of the bills saw this legislative session as the best chance in years to lower rates and order ...

Advocates of the bills saw this legislative session as the best chance in years to lower rates and order customer refunds. Dominion Energy Virginia has routinely pushed through legislation that minimi ...

February 16, 2021
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Jordan’s Point makeover: Will it really happen?

|Date: October 08, 2020

Jordan’s Point makeover: Will it really happen?

City Council has approved to continue to look at a plan to renovate Jordan’s Point Park. ...

City Council has approved to continue to look at a plan to renovate Jordan’s Point Park. ...

October 08, 2020
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Gulf Coast braces for 2nd round of flooding in Sally’s wake

|Date: September 17, 2020

Gulf Coast braces for 2nd round of flooding in Sally’s wake

Hurricane Sally caused major flooding and damage to the south, and more heavy rain is coming on Friday. ...

Hurricane Sally caused major flooding and damage to the south, and more heavy rain is coming on Friday. ...

September 17, 2020
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‘Nothing left in the bucket’: Wildfire resources run thin

|Date: September 17, 2020

‘Nothing left in the bucket’: Wildfire resources run thin

As wildfires fires spread, firefighters and money are stretched to the limit for Cal Fire, which fights f ...

As wildfires fires spread, firefighters and money are stretched to the limit for Cal Fire, which fights fires from the Mexico border all the way north to Oregon state line. ...

September 17, 2020
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Owl vs. owl: Should humans intervene to save a species?

|Date: December 05, 2019

Owl vs. owl: Should humans intervene to save a species?

The decision to kill off certain species of owls created such a moral dilemma that the Department of Fish ...

The decision to kill off certain species of owls created such a moral dilemma that the Department of Fish and Wildlife had to hire an ethicist. ...

December 05, 2019
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