Mountain Lake and Lake Drummond were created in very different ways.
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Mayor Levar Stoney’s final budget is taking shape ahead of next week’s City Council vote.
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Virginia’s special budget session for the next two fiscal years starts Monday.
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The public initially became aware of the pipe's failure because a landowner reported it to a state database.
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Younkin has until May to approve $10M in initial funding.
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Food permit requests have decreased in Richmond compared to pre-pandemic numbers. In Henrico and Chesterfield counties, they've increased.
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Two impending laws close a yearslong chapter marked by bipartisan delays.
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In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mikhail Chester, professor of engineering at Arizona State University, about how extreme heat affects transportation infrastructure.
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The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted on the flu vaccine, raising concerns about a rarely used preservative. Medical groups worry this will "sow distrust" in vaccines.
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We take a hike in the Maine woods with high school students who've been given the option to hike instead of sit in detention.
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President Trump's financial disclosure shows more than $630 million in income from 2024 including tens of millions from cryptocurrency and Trump-branded products touted on the campaign trail.
Arts & Culture
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?