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Rite Aid is closing these 24 stores in Virginia
Rite Aid has been closing hundreds of stores since it filed for bankruptcy in October. Of the 699 stores that the company has announced in bankruptcy filings that it is closing, 80 are in Rite Aid’s home state of Pennsylvania. The pharmaceutical company was based in East Pennsboro Township for decades and now calls Philadelphia home.
The Best of Reason Magazine: A Baby Dies in Virginia
This week's featured article is "A Baby Dies in Virginia" by Eric Boehm. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: "Deep in Thought" by CTRL and "Sunsettling" by Man with Roses.
VA Secretary Tells Employees He'll Stay on the Job Until the End of His Term in January
VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a town hall meeting that he would submit his resignation at the end of President Biden's term -- a common courtesy to incoming administrations by most Cabinet secretaries, regardless of election outcome.
2024 Local Heroes Series Features Statewide First Responders
DMV Campaign Aims to Convince Virginians to Buckle Up, Slow Down and Drive Sober Before the first dispatch to the scene. Before the fire trucks and the ambulances and the CPR. Before the rush through the ER doors. Before an officer delivers the news no family wants to hear. There are decisions to be made. […]
DC area placed under drought watch
Local governments declared the Washington, D.C., area under a drought watch as an unusually dry year continues in parts of northern Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. The Drought Coordination Technical Committee of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, a group of 24 local governments in the area, issued the drought watch Monday and urged residents to consider water-saving tactics […]
VA Tech Researchers on Quest for Clean Water
Water is abundantly present in our lives — drinking fountains and showers, garden sprinklers, swimming pools, reservoirs and streams — that it can become invisible, always in sight but often out of mind. Yet, contamination risks can endanger that abundance. August is National Water Quality Month, a time to contemplate conserving natural water sources and […]