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Ice cream, sneaker raffles help Boushall Middle improve attendance
School districts across the country have struggled to get kids back into the classroom following the COVID-19 pandemic. When in-school learning resumed, about one-quarter of students in Richmond Public Schools missed 18 or more days — the definition of chronic absenteeism. “For two years with the pandemic, we told...
Forecast: The heat continues to build the next few days
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Hot and humid this week with best rain chances later in the week into the start of the weekend. Monday Overnight: Any lingering showers and storms diminish. Partly cloudy. Lows near 70°. (Rain Chance: 30%) Tuesday: Partly to mostly sunny, hot and humid. A stray...
Watch the First Alert Weather Summit
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - WHSV joined together with our Virginia sister stations — WDBJ7 in Roanoke, 29 News in Charlottesville and 12 On Your Side in Richmond — for the First Alert Weather Summit. This roundtable discussion covers current weather topics impacting the commonwealth like droughts, wildfires, the tropics and fall foliage.
Appalachian Power issues warning about water levels downstream of Claytor and Leesville Dams
Appalachian Power wants boaters, kayakers, tubers, and other recreational users downstream of Claytor and Leesville dams to know water levels on the New and Roanoke rivers could rise rapidly starting at 7 a.m., Monday August 26, and continue to fluctuate through the week. The National Weather Service is calling for...
Virginia Pharmacist Swapped Patient Pills to Keep Oxycodone for Himself – Now He’s BUSTED!
ABINGDON, VA – A Virginia pharmacist has been sentenced to two years in prison for tampering with prescription opioids in order to keep the narcotics for himself, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia announced Monday. Dillon West Breeding, 34, pleaded guilty last year to...
New initiative funding clean energy in Southwest Virginia
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – A new initiative will fund clean energy projects here in Southwest Virginia and across the country promising to add thousands of jobs. Christiansburg-based Appalachian Community Capital is using half a billion dollars in funding from the EPA to launch the Green Bank for rural America. The...
What’s next? VA school accreditation changes near approval
In the last print edition, we took a look at Standards of Learning pass rates for all three of our counties. But beyond that, officials across the state are already counting down until the accreditation report gets released in September. This is an end, of sorts, for the current way of doing things. The Virginia […] The post What’s next? VA school accreditation changes near approval appeared first on Farmville.
VPM Daily Newscast: Aug. 26, 2024
The VPM Daily Newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Episodes are recorded the night before. Listeners can subscribe through NPR One | Apple Podcasts | Megaphone | Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Here’s a recap of the top stories on the...
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