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Problems included over 150 checks sent for parcels that did not exist.
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The 31-mile extension would run from Pittsylvania County into North Carolina.
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The Creative ReUse Center's volunteers altered dresses and suits for the LGBTQ+ prom.
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Recent data from the Richmond Fed also points to slowing sectors.
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The transfer comes at no cost to the school division.
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The county is overhauling its 1970s-era zoning rules.
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Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman says the attack represents an erosion of democratic values: "Ultimately, this is about Trump trying to impose his view of the world on everybody else."
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President Trump said it was a "good conversation" but noted the Russian leader had vowed "very strongly" during the call to respond to Ukraine's Sunday drone strikes on air bases in Russia.
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A declining birth rate led lawmakers to approve a new policy on Tuesday that lifts the limit on the number of children many families may have.
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Commerce Department employees who were fired, reinstated, and fired again learned belatedly that their health insurance has been cut off. Some had already racked up thousands in medical bills.
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- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
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