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Local Leaders Gather for Economic Development Training
Local leaders and professionals from the Southern Virginia region convened at The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research last week for a specialized training in economic development. The event featured Carol Johnson, Founder of Continuous Dialog; renowned for her expertise in the dynamic field of economic development across the United States.
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 […]
9-year-old builds popcorn empire in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — A young entrepreneur in Virginia is helping us get uplifted!. Kai Walker is a 5th grader, and at just 9 years old, he's the founder and owner of KaiBear's Popcorn. He says he got the name from a nickname his grandma used to call him. As...
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 […]
Virginia Department of Forestry takes down 4 p.m. burn ban signs
The Virginia Department of Forestry is changing how it warns people about a state fire safety law that makes burning anything before 4 p.m. illegal, by removing the physical burn ban signs along roadways and posting digital notices on the information highway of the internet, instead. During the spring wildfire season each year Feb. 15 […]
A program developed in SWVa will serve as a statewide model to address a shortage of health care workers
The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation is partnering with the Blue Ridge Partnership for Health Science Careers, which was founded in 2019 in response to the region's urgent need for health care workers. The post A program developed in SWVa will serve as a statewide model to address a shortage of health care workers appeared first on Cardinal News.
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