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Wheat, corn prices drop across state: A look at Virginia’s trends
Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on July 19: In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle 10.00 to 23.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales no trend. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 8.00 lower. Wheat mostly .36 lower. Corn prices dropped mostly .06 to .09 lower, new crop .06 lower. Soybeans mostly […] The post Wheat, corn prices drop across state: A look at Virginia’s trends appeared first on Farmville.
Warner, Kaine urge stricter safety standards for beach umbrellas
Concerns that some beach umbrellas can be unsecured and prone to flying, causing serious injury or death, prompted Virginia’s senators to push for safer design standards for those umbrellas. Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine recently wrote to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, urging the organization to finalize...
Virginia convention delegation backs Harris; more …
From elsewhere: Amherst officials get look at high school construction. Spotted lanternflies are at their invasive peak. MECC Mountain Music School draws students beyond Virginia and Tennessee. The post Virginia convention delegation backs Harris; more … appeared first on Cardinal News.
Fredericksburg: Spanberger pushes CSX railroad for answers on train derailment
On the evening of July 20, five cars from a CSX freight train derailed, flattened one building and caused significant damage to a residential complex and personal property in the city of Fredericksburg. During a briefing held by CSX in Fredericksburg yesterday, the railroad company shared that the derailment and...
Women from Massachusetts, New Jersey killed in Southern Maryland crash
Two women died Wednesday afternoon in a crash in Charles County, according to Maryland State Police. Norma Matthews, 81, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Virginia Licata, 86, of Blackwood, New Jersey, died as a result of a crash around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Route 301 at Popes Creek Road in Faulkner.
City of Richmond announces plan for repairs to Tredegar Pipeline Trail Pipe following sewage spill
The City of Richmond continues to work with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) regarding two isolated events that occurred during July 2024 at the Tredegar Pipeline Trail. These are two separate incidents and not a continual leak. Initial investigation showed that the first leak on July 2 was related to a wet weather event and was exacerbated by a stormwater connection from an adjacent commercial property. The City reported this to DEQ within 24 hours as required. The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities confirmed there were no leaks on July 3. There were also no citizen reports of the pipe leaking for the two weeks between the two incidents. The July 2 incident has been closed by DEQ.
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