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Hiker finds Va. man’s body at Mount Washington on Gulfside Trail
A hiker found the body of a dead Virginia man half a mile below the summit of Mount Washington on the Gulfside Trail, the New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game announced Friday. The 72-year-old man’s body was found at around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, the department wrote in a...
Popularity of home schooling remains high in western Virginia
ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ) - Three Franklin County moms and the children they teach gathered at a park in Rocky Mount Thursday morning to share their experience with home schooling. Like thousands of public and private school students in western Virginia, they’re now getting back to their books, even if...
Colonial Heights Animal Control asking for help after abandoned puppy found tied to building
Colonial Heights Animal Control is asking for help from the community as it work to determine who abandoned a puppy and tied it to the side of a building in the city.
Retired US Army Sergeant In Virginia Wins $958K Lottery Jackpot After 21 Years Of Service
A veteran who served in the Army for more than two decades can retire a little easier after winning a near million dollar Virginia Lottery jackpot.When Chester resident Christopher Leydic - also a veteran lotto player - saw that the Cash 5 with EZ Match game reverted to it's $200,000 starting …
Residents rally against gas plant in Chesterfield, VA
While data centers in northern Virginia help run the world’s computers, small communities throughout the Chesapeake Bay region are experiencing the immediate effects. Dominion Energy hopes to bring reliability to ratepayers as more data centers strain the power grid and climate change brings intense weather. As part of that effort, the utility plans to put a new gas natural plant in Chesterfield, VA. But the surrounding community, which lives with two existing gas plants and had a coal plant in its midst for 79 years, says enough is enough.
Trump whistleblower-turned-Democratic House candidate accused in FEC complaint of violating federal law
EXCLUSIVE — Eugene Vindman, a Trump whistleblower-turned-Democratic congressional candidate in Virginia, is facing a Federal Election Commission complaint over his campaign’s allegedly illegal coordination with an outside group. The complaint, filed with the FEC on Wednesday by the Functional Government Initiative, calls for the agency to investigate Vindman, the Democrat’s campaign, and a political action […]
Richmond native wins gold, silver in swimming at Paris 2024 Olympics
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond native Charlie Swanson is basking in the glow of his swimming success at the 2024 Paris Games. The 26-year-old is taking home gold and silver with Team USA in relay events. Swanson tells 12 On Your Side’s Sarah Chakales that going to the Olympics was...
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