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Eye-Opening Photos Reveal Child Workers’ Lives in 1911 Virginia Glass Factories
These photos taken by Lewis Hine for the National Child Labor Committee at Virginian glass factories in 1911 show poor, exhausted young boys doing dangerous jobs. Hine went to Alexandria in Virginia, just seven miles south of Washington D.C., to visit the child workers engaged in laborious and hazardous tasks — some were as young as six or seven years old.
Many Virginia families eligible for Virginia SUN Bucks program to purchase groceries
Some Virginia families are now eligible for additional funds to help purchase groceries with the help of a new program from the Virginia Department of Social Services and U.S Department of Agriculture. The Virginia SUN Bucks program offers eligible families one-time payments of $120 per child to purchase fresh fruits,...
Virginia named first in the nation to have EnChroma-adapted viewfinders in every state park
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When someone is color blind, they have trouble seeing certain colors, green and red tend to be colors that colorblind people tend to miss. Chief Ranger Ethan Howes works in one of Virginia’s state parks. Unfortunately, he is color blind, certain colors appear duller to him.
Virginia Lottery Player Wins $500K, Two Others Grab $100K Prizes
A woman from North Carolina has won $500,000 from a scratch-off ticket in Virginia. The Durham resident bought a Magnificent 7s ticket from a Virginia Lottery retailer and was surprised to win the game’s top prize. Conchita Robas bought the ticket at the Food Lion at 2120 South Crater...
You can swim in the James River again, says Virginia health department
The Virginia Department of Health lifted its recreational water advisory for parts of the James River on Thursday. Why it matters: VDH can't guarantee a lack of poop in the river, but people can now go back to swimming in it and pretending that sewage isn't swimming with them.The big picture: The advisory — which was for pets, too — was first put in place on July 17 after "ongoing sewage release" from a city pipe contaminated the water. It covered the 12-mile stretch between the Manchester Bridge around Ninth Street and Osborne Landing in Henrico.The city reported the leak to...