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Va. News: Post Office Relocation, Virginia Beach Mystery Photos
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 4, 2019
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A small Virginia town has been wondering why its post office is being moved. It seems they may now have the answer. And, the surprise appearance of some 70-year old photos has created a mystery in Virginia Beach.
Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s VA News link.
More now from Fred Echols.
Va. News: Tarot Cards And Body Cameras
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 5, 2018
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A proposal to add fortune telling to the list of approved business activities in the southwest Virginia town of Richlands drew an overflow crowd to a public meeting and a suburban Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney says his office no longer has the resources to prosecute misdemeanor cases.
Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News link. More now from Fred Echols.
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VA News: Chicken Farms Concern Residents About Water Use, Many Coyotes in Western Virginia
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 26, 2018
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Coyotes have moved into western Virginia in large numbers but many locals are feeling anything but hospitable. And a proliferation of large scale chicken farms on Virginia’s Eastern Shore has residents worried about their water supply.
Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s VA News link. More now from Fred Echols.
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VA News: Law Enforcement transporting Mental Patients, FBI Texts Upset Loudoun County
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 12, 2018
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Police and sheriff’s departments in southwest Virginia are feeling the strain of transporting patients to mental hospitals, and Virginia’s technology-rich Loudoun County has gone on the attack after seeing its population called “ignorant hillbillies” in an FBI text message.
Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s VA News link. More now from Fred Echols.
Click here for the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News Link.
VA News: HUD Construction, Putting County Spending On Line
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 5, 2018
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It’s about to get a lot easier for some Virginians to see where their tax dollars are going, and the appearance of a Department of Housing and Urban Development sign caused considerable alarm among homeowners in a Richmond suburb.
Those have been among the most read stories over the past week on the Virginia Public Access Project’s VA News link. More now from Fred Echols.
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Va. News Topics: A Realistic School Lesson And Snow Plow Art
Posted by dseidelvtedu in Uncategorized, VaNews from VPAP on January 8, 2018
Some recent artwork by students in Craig County is literally hitting the road this winter
and some parents in Fairfax County found an elementary school history lesson to be a
little too realistic.
Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News link. Fred Echols reports.
Va. News Topics: Adjunct Faculty Pay And Padlocks
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on December 11, 2017
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Annoyed residents in a Norfolk neighborhood are calling for a grand jury to investigate a footbridge. And Virginia Commonwealth University is under pressure to increase pay for part-time teachers in its nationally-acclaimed art school. Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News link.
Fred Echols has more.
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From NPR News- Can You Guess The Meaning Of These Humanitarian Icons? February 18, 2019They're used in infographics, maps, charts and signs to help make crisis-related information easier to understand. See if you can understand what they convey.
- Ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner Finishes Prison Term February 18, 2019The New York congressman was sentenced to 21 months after he sent an explicit photo of himself to a 15-year-old girl.
- Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer February 18, 2019Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.
- Officials Describe 'Coordinated, Unlawful' Scheme In Disputed N.C. Election February 18, 2019The North Carolina State Board of Elections is finally getting a look at the evidence of election fraud investigators say they have uncovered in the state's 9th Congressional District.
- Trump Will 'Protect' Emergency Declaration If Congress Disapproves, Miller Says February 18, 2019The president is prepared to veto any congressional resolutions of disapproval on his declaration of a national emergency over border security, White House adviser Stephen Miller says.
- Can You Guess The Meaning Of These Humanitarian Icons? February 18, 2019
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- Seven MPs leave Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership February 18, 2019The MPs - including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna - urge others to join them, as Jeremy Corbyn says he is "disappointed" by the split.
- What the last big Labour split led to February 18, 2019In 1981, four prominent Labour politicians left the party and formed the Social Democratic Party.
- Honda set to close Swindon car plant February 18, 2019The carmaker is set to announce the closure of its Swindon plant in 2022, jeopardising 3,500 jobs, sources say.
- Shamima Begum: 'I didn't want to be IS poster girl' February 18, 2019In a BBC interview, Shamima Begum asks for forgiveness and says the choice to go to Syria was her own.
- Migrants brought ashore to Dover as boat found February 18, 2019The group of people have been brought ashore and given blankets after an incident off Dover.
- Seven MPs leave Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership February 18, 2019
