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Published September 30Community Organizations Can Apply for Safer Communities Grant Funding
The City of Roanoke is making $300,000 in Safer Communities grant funding available to eligible organizations for programs that support violent crime reduction efforts.
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Published September 29Data centers are creating blue-collar jobs. Are Democrats on the wrong side politically of these workers?
Most of the jobs being created by data centers aren't in the computer facilities themselves but in supply chains. The candidates who call for a moratorium on data center construction would put some of these jobs at risk.
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Published September 29HCA plans new Roanoke County ER, new Danville-based air ambulance
The standalone emergency room will be LewisGale Medical Center's third. LewisGale's parent company, HCA Healthcare, also plans to add a second air ambulance helicopter based in Danville.
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Published 6 hours agoUndergraduate enrollment at Virginia’s public colleges and universities remains steady despite steep declines in graduate students at some institutions
This year’s early estimates show continued, even if slight, increases in student numbers since declines seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Undergraduate enrollment at Virginia’s public colleges and universities remains steady despite steep declines in graduate students…
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Published 7 hours agoTaxes from data center electricity helps lower health insurance rates for 200,000 Virginians. There may be a catch to this revenue stream, though.
Democrats celebrated the connection between these two events. However, this could create a scenario where Virginia has a stake in seeing more data centers built. The post Taxes from data center electricity helps lower health insurance rates for 200,000 Virginians. There may be a…
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Published 7 hours agoCline and Macy appear aligned on one issue in the 6th District race: the need for a data center moratorium
The two candidates also accused each other of financially benefiting from tech and energy companies, whether through retirement investments or campaign contributions.
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Published 7 hours agoRegulators prepare to hear Appalachian Power’s case for raising rates
The Virginia State Corporation Commission will hold hearings this month about the electric utility's proposal, which would increase the average residential customer’s monthly bill by $9.10.
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Published 7 hours agoLegislators say window has closed to call for a special session to extend review of Dominion-NextEra merger
The two Roanoke Republicans laid the blame for inaction at the feet of Gov. Abigail Spanberger, but the speaker of the House of Delegates or the state Senate Rules Committee could have called for a special session as well.
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Published 7 hours agoTwo different views of Amendment 3, the restoration of rights amendment on Virginia’s ballot
Virginians are voting on three proposed constitutional amendments.
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Published 7 hours agoHeadlines from across the state: Drought spurs resurgence of rare plants at Buggs Island Lake; more …
From elsewhere: Virginia Democrats warn more healthcare strains loom after November election. Franklin County administrator to step down. Symposium helps descendants of enslaved people connect with family history.
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Published 19 hours agoThe great reservoir refill of 2002. Can that repeat in 2026?
An El Niño-charged weather pattern washed away an extreme Virginia drought in three months 24 years ago.
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Published 19 hours agoHotel Roanoke Conference Center sale finalized, entire $14 million to go to city
The facility's commission will dissolve at some point now that its purpose is ending.