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Hurricane Season begins June first, and emergency managers will be watching storms as they evolve. If forecasters think one will come ashore, officials will likely issue an evacuation order, but how much faith do people have in those orders? How far in advance should they be issued and by whom? Those are questions the University of Virginia hoped to answer by creating a database that uses tracking information from cell phones to analyze community response to hurricane warnings. Sandy Hausman has more on this first-of-a-kind project.
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Lawmakers came back to Richmond Monday for a special session to approve a budget. And the compromise does not include money for an environmental priority of the Democrats. -
Lawmakers were back in Richmond Monday to pass a budget. Supporters of skill games are still waiting for on resolution of that issue, though. -
The challenge in treating cancer is to kill tumors but spare healthy tissue, and a team of scientists at the University of Virginia may have stumbled on a new way to do that. Sandy Hausman reports their findings could help people with melanoma, breast, kidney, and ovarian cancers. -
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued 13 fines Friday to the Mountain Valley Pipeline, totaling $31,500. DEQ says these incidents violated a consent decree MVP signed with the state in 2019. -
When farmers in Southwest Virginia started planting hemp to produce CBD oil they thought it would be a reliable cash crop for many years to come. But five years later the market for hemp has proven to be unsustainable.Katie Thomason wrote about the collapse of the hemp market for Cardinal News. She talked about it with Fred Echols. -
“The university will prop us up and use it for representation on their own behalf but the moment we speak up we’re oppressed,” one graduating student said. -
UVA’s Faculty Senate met Friday to question President Jim Ryan and to consider several resolutions involving the use of force on campus. The group did not assess blame but called for an investigation. -
The compromise reached on Thursday still has to pass review by members of the House and Senate, with Democrats holding a slim majority in each chamber. -
As graduation and prom season is upon us, glitter may be part of how many of us celebrate. Have you ever wondered where glitter comes from, and what happens to it after celebrations wrap up? -
Shenandoah County's school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School, and Honey Run Elementary as Ashby Lee Elementary.
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