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Huge Virginia Christmas market canceled days before it was scheduled to open

Virginia · 22h

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Virginia’s Most Affordable City Has A Rock-Bottom Cost Of Living And Homes Around $150,000

Most cities in Virginia will take one look at your housing budget and laugh, but Danville will pull up a chair and ask how soon you can move in. Danville, Virginia is the kind of place that makes you recalibrate your assumptions about what’s possible, sitting quietly along the Dan River in the southern part of the state with home prices around $150,000 and a cost of living that makes the rest of Virginia look like it’s showing off.

Danville, VA · 2d
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Move To This Overlooked Virginia Town And Live Well On Just $1,300 A Month

Emporia, Virginia has been sitting quietly in the southern part of the state, minding its own business, while the rest of the country has been losing its mind over the cost of living. And honestly, Emporia has been doing just fine. This is a city that doesn’t show up on...

Emporia, VA · 5d
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WDTV

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Mountaineer Gas rate increase approved, set to take effect December 1

West Virginia · 22h

northernvirginiamag.com

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Christmas Market at New Dulles Expo Center Is Canceled

Bad news for holiday shoppers: The 33rd annual Northern Virginia Christmas Market planned for November 6 to 8 at the new Dulles Town Center expo space is canceled. The market’s events management group posted the update on Facebook. “Dulles Town Center management informed us today that the venue will not have the required permits in time to host our event,” the post says. “We are deeply disappointed, as we know many of you looked forward to shopping with our talented artisans this weekend.”

Virginia · 3d

rocktownnow.com

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Virginia oyster farms devastated by “Mahogany Tide”

Virginia’s oyster industry is reeling from millions of dollars in losses after a widespread harmful algae bloom, known as a “Mahogany Tide,” swept through portions of the Chesapeake Bay this summer. Watermen and aquaculture producers report that the rust-colored bloom caused significant oyster mortality, with estimates placing...

Virginia · 3d

mindfullyamerican.com

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12 Things That Make Northern Virginia and the Rest of Virginia Feel Like Different States

Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, which is a lot of servers for one corner of one state. Drive to Buchanan County in the southwest, and fewer households have broadband and more of your neighbors are 65 or older. Here’s how Northern Virginia compares with...

Virginia · 6d

rocktownnow.com

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Virginia women in rural medicine heal humans and animals

STAUNTON, VA (Virginia Farm Bureau) — Augusta County clinical psychologist Dr. Caitlyn Owens’ passion for “listening to, walking alongside and empowering communities” is inspiring a critical movement in agriculture. When Owens’ husband was an agriculture loan officer, he asked: “What do you do when someone talks...

Augusta County, VA · 10h

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This Former Virginia Clothing Factory Was Transformed Into A Massive 150,000-Square-Foot Vintage Wonderland

An old clothing factory filled with 150,000 square feet of antiques? That’s an enormous amount of vintage shopping, especially when the building is packed with merchandise from hundreds of independent dealers. The Virginia destination occupies a former industrial property that has been transformed into a sprawling antique marketplace. Furniture,...

Verona, VA · 2d

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Most localities with the school sales tax ballot initiative... rejected it

Some voters in Virginia approved of increasing their local sales tax to finance school construction. But... most jurisdictions rejected the ballot initiative. Voters in Charlottesville approved of allowing a local sales tax increase to fund school construction. So did voters in Richmond, Winchester and Fairfax City among others. But they were in the minority. Most jurisdictions that had the school construction tax referendum on the ballot rejected it. Wes Bellamy at Virginia State University says there's one obvious difference between the localities that approved and the ones that rejected.

Virginia · 1d

GCN.com

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A Virginia utility fuel bill climbed 152 percent to $4.4 billion in five years, and regulators let it spread $922 million of that gap across seven years of monthly charges

A single line on a Virginia power bill, the one marked fuel, usually changes by pocket change from month to month. State regulators just approved a plan to spread an enormous shortfall across years of future charges instead of collecting it all at once. The gap did not come from...

Virginia · 1d

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All Flash, No Fuse: The Emptiness of Spanberger’s Energy Posturing

On May 18th, Virginia’s own Dominion Energy and Florida-based NextEra Energy announced their intention to merge. The proposed $67 billion deal between the two utility providers would be a defining moment in Virginia’s economic transformation and change the scope of the Commonwealth’s capacity for future development. If approved, the deal will create the largest regulated utility company in the world, fundamentally altering who controls the power flowing into Virginia homes and businesses, and bringing market interconnectivity to Virginia at an unprecedented scale.

Virginia · 2d

The News Leader

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Staunton, Waynesboro tax win opens door to major school renovations

Kristin Siegel spent much more time this election cycle promoting the 1% sales tax for school construction than she did on her own campaign for reelection to the Staunton School Board. "I have put in so many hours just getting the word out to the public," Siegel said. "I am so excited for our students and for our staff members who deserve to have safe, modern buildings." Money from the tax, which will apply to most goods but exempt food sales and hygiene items, can be used only for new construction or major renovation of public school facilities and related financing costs. The tax dollars cannot be used for school operating costs or salaries. The tax passed in Staunton with about 57% of the vote , passing in four of the five wards with only Ward 2 rejecting the proposal. It also passed in Waynesboro with about 63% of voters in favor. It passed in all four of Waynesboro's wards. 1% sales tax a 'big win for the city of Staunton' Siegel seemed more enthusiastic over the sales tax passing on Election Night in Staunton than with her own win where she received the most votes of all five candidates

Staunton, VA · 1d

WHSV

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Despite a dry start, corn yields are exceeding expectations

MT. CRAWFORD, Va. (WHSV) - After an uncertain beginning to the growing season due to early drought conditions, farmers were apprehensive as they planted their crops. But with consistent rain beginning in July, that apprehension soon shifted to relief. Despite the slow start, farmers are reporting above-average corn yields. Virginia...

Augusta County, VA · 15h

The Center Square

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Dominion, NextEra resist rate freeze in merger review

(The Center Square) – Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy are resisting a proposed rate freeze and longer job protections as Virginia regulators weigh the companies’ planned $67 billion merger. In testimony filed Monday, the companies agreed to accept 101 of 117 conditions proposed by State Corporation Commission staff and the attorney general’s consumer counsel without changes. Disagreements remain over rates, staffing and financial safeguards. The filing came ahead of Thursday’s public comment hearing in Richmond. The evidentiary hearing begins Nov. 17. Under the Utility Transfers Act, the commission must determine whether the deal would impair or jeopardize adequate service at just and reasonable rates. NextEra Chairman and CEO John Ketchum rejected consumer counsel’s proposed three-year moratorium on rate increases after the merger closes. He said the companies’ proposed bill credits would provide relief while allowing Dominion to seek recovery of reasonable and prudent costs incurred to serve customers. The companies have proposed extending a $10 monthly credit from two years to four for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month. That alternative requires commission approval. Commission staff also proposed requiring the combined company to maintain at least 10,431 employees in Virginia for 10 years. The companies want to

Virginia · 1d

Main Street Dollars

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Virginia’s fuel assistance window for low-income households closes Friday, Nov. 13, with notices due in late December

Virginia households with low incomes have until Friday, Nov. 13 to apply for fuel assistance, the state’s help with winter heating bills. The Virginia Department of Social Services says eligibility notices go out in late December, so a household that misses the window will hear nothing until the next one. The program is one of […]

Virginia · 4h

Moneywise

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Virginia school cook, 64, skips meals and sits in the dark to save money — now her utility wants a 23% rate hike

Sherry Parsons is one of thousands of Virginia residents faced with electricity bill increases they can’t afford.

Virginia · 1d

Fairfax Times

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Dominion spends aggressively amid proposed merger deal

Recent reports reveal aggressive political spending by Dominion Energy amid its massive merger with NextEra Energy. Virginians are curious why Dominion Energy is spending so much money on political contributions. “The timing of Dominion’s recent political donations is hard to miss. Its biggest deal ever is in front of Virginia...

Virginia · 1d

crozetgazette.com

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Starr Hill Joins Forces With Hardywood

Virginia’s two largest craft breweries just became one. Richmond-based Hardywood Park Craft Brewery acquired Starr Hill Brewery in an all-equity deal that closed October 1, with Hardywood pledging to keep Starr Hill’s “ownership, leadership, team, and brand identity fully intact.”. Founded as Starr Hill Brewery and Music...

Charlottesville, VA · 1d

Elizabethton Star

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Ballad Health, UnitedHealthcare reach new multiyear agreement

Ballad Health and UnitedHealthcare have finalized a new multiyear agreement that will allow individuals enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage individual and group retiree plans to maintain access to Ballad Health […]

Tennessee · 1d