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Pennycuff has been the interim leader since August 2024.
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The board met briefly Wednesday to unanimously approve a spending plan.
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Updated: Mayor Danny Avula’s fiscal 2026 budget allots $9.6M more — of the $30.8M requested.
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Fewer families may pay full costs to offset the 'slim margin' of subsidized care.
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Issues playing out at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center are part of a national trend.
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The march took place on April 5 with more than a thousand protesters taking to the streets of Richmond.
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A group of women in Kenya rebelled against trading sex for a fisherman's catch to sell. They got their own boats, had success — but in past years have faced floods and now fears about HIV medications.
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Hundreds of people were arrested in the celebrations, which were largely peaceful but degenerated into violence in some areas.
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Russia's Investigative Committee, the country's top criminal investigation agency, said in a statement that explosions had caused the two bridges to collapse, but did not give further details.
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The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.
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Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.