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Greene Journal

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Orange County PC overrules staff, votes recommending denial of solar farm SUP

A lack of details and unanswered questions about potential future effects on the community led the Orange County Planning Commission to unanimously recommend denial of a special use permit (SUP) application for Grassland Solar LLC’s solar project in Rapidan. The county’s board of supervisors will hold its own public hearing on the SUP at either its December 1, or 15, 2026 meeting. County […] The post Orange County PC overrules staff, votes recommending denial of solar farm SUP first appeared on The Piedmont Journal Recorder .

Orange County, VA · 16d

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Jeff Ishee's Top Ten farming books for winter reading

Yes, Virginia. I'm a writer and farm broadcaster. But I'm also a reader. The quiet process of reading and reflecting on a well-written book has given me some of the most meaningful inspiration of my life. If you're looking for productive ways to spend the quieter winter months, I think...

Virginia · 14d

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Wealthy Buyers Are Replacing Old Family Cabins With Million-Dollar Homes Along This Virginia Lake, And Its Shoreline Is Changing Fast

Five hundred miles of shoreline sounds like plenty to go around. Yet the old cabins along this lake keep giving way to sleek custom homes with serious price tags. The water itself only showed up in 1966. Two dams flooded farmland and river valleys, and a weekend escape was born.

Moneta, VA · 17d

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Cumberland County Approves Dominion's Giant Gas Plant, Splitting Rural Virginia Town

Cumberland County supervisors voted 3-1 on Tuesday to approve Dominion Energy's conditional-use permit for a sprawling natural-gas power station off Duncan Store Road, clearing a major local hurdle for a project that could reshape the rural county's landscape, tax base and electric grid for decades to come. The vote by...

Cumberland County, VA · 16d

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Healthcare firm agrees to pay $1.8M+ in settlement for alleged fraud

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A Danville healthcare company has agreed to pay more than $1.8 million in a civil settlement to resolve allegations of fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia announced. Prosecutors allege Negril Incorporated and its owners violated the False Claims Act and...

Virginia · 18d

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Eastern Shore woman files state complaint over pesticide exposure from neighboring farm

On a Sunday morning in May, Clelia Sheppard was walking her dogs near her home in Cape Charles when she inhaled a gust of moist air. “You can sort of tell you’re walking into an invisible cloud of something,” she said. “It kind of felt like a giant Febreze went into my face.”

Cape Charles, VA · 17d

Charlottesville Tomorrow

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‘Aquí Estamos:’ Meet the farmworkers who help feed central Virginia

An upcoming photography exhibition in Nelson County will share the stories and experiences of local immigrant farmworkers, in their own words. The post ‘Aquí Estamos:’ Meet the farmworkers who help feed central Virginia appeared first on Charlottesville Tomorrow .

Nelson County, VA · 16d

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A Dominion base rate freeze wouldn’t necessarily freeze your electric bill

Gov. Abigail Spanberger wants Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy to freeze residential base rates for six years as a condition of their proposed $67 billion merger. However, that proposal would not prevent customers’ total electricity bill from still rising — base rates did not increase from 1992 to 2025, but monthly bills rose 65% between 2007 and 2025.

Virginia · 17d

The Cool Down

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In Virginia, trailer park residents fear electrical upgrade fight could force them out by winter

"They have to understand we don't have any place to go."

Elkton, VA · 14d

Steve DiGioia

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Virginia Fury Over Dominion Deal: ‘Just Block the Merger’ as Spanberger’s Six-Year Rate Freeze Draws Backlash

Frozen rates, boiling anger The post Virginia Fury Over Dominion Deal: ‘Just Block the Merger’ as Spanberger’s Six-Year Rate Freeze Draws Backlash appeared first on The Nerd Stash .

Virginia · 18d

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This Virginia Supermarket Covers 80,000 Square Feet Inside A Tower At One Of America’s Biggest Banking Headquarters

A full-size supermarket sits inside the headquarters campus of one of America’s biggest banks. You ride an escalator up from an underground garage, and suddenly there’s sushi. The store covers 80,000 square feet. It has around 40,000 products, 33 registers, and nearly 200 seats for eating right there.

Tysons, VA · 16d

12onyourside.com

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Winter bill assistance programs and resources

Virginia Natural Gas is encouraging customers to explore bill payment assistance programs, flexible payment options and energy-saving resources before winter heating costs increase.

Virginia · 16d

The Alexandria Brief

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Warner says tech companies failed to keep deepfake promises, warns VA staffing gaps are delaying care

With 13 days until the midterms, the senator said he sent a letter to 25 tech companies and pressed the VA over staffing shortages at Virginia facilities.

Alexandria, VA · 17d

C-Ville Weekly

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West Main tattoo shop moves to Rose Hill Drive following renovation mishap

A company called Rock Mountain LLC purchased a two-story commercial building in the 700 block of West Main for $2.2 million in April 2025. The top floor is residential, with the street level occupied by a string of retail businesses on one of Charlottesville’s most-traveled corridors. Earlier this year,...

Charlottesville, VA · 17d

C-Ville Weekly

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Garth Road regenerative farm owners seek special permit for agritourism events

The Virginia General Assembly passed a series of laws in the early aughts that eliminated the ability of localities to prohibit or otherwise ban farms, wineries, and other agricultural operations from holding events such as weddings in order to allow them to make more money through agritourism. However, localities have...

Albemarle County, VA · 17d

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State launches investigations into incidents at Smurfit Westrock paper mill

COVINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - UPDATE 10/21/26: The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry confirmed that it has launched two separate investigations into the incidents at the Smurfit-Westrock paper mill on Tuesday. Smurfit-Westrock says no gas or chemical has been identified yet as a source of the reported symptoms that have...

Covington, VA · 17d

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Tenaska lawsuit cites warnings over financial commitments

New court filing questions agreements made before plant approval. A new filing in a lawsuit brought by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) on behalf of six Fluvanna County residents alleges that county officials were warned about potential legal problems with Tenaska’s financial commitments before the Board of Supervisors approved a special use permit for construction of Expedition Generation.

Fluvanna County, VA · 16d

WRIC - ABC 8News

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Owner of Secret Sandwich Society brand settles $10,000 violation

Virginia regulators have ordered Graze LLC, the company behind Secret Sandwich Society, to pay $10,000 over allegations that it sold its Richmond franchise without proper registration.

Richmond, VA · 17d

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Cumberland supervisors approve massive natural gas power plant

CUMBERLAND, Va. (WWBT) - Cumberland County supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday to approve a 3-gigawatt natural gas power plant, following hours of public comment. The plant would go near Columbia Road and the James River. The decision comes after the planning commission recommended approval of the conditional use permit required for...

Cumberland, VA · 17d

Margaret Minnicks

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Virginia's Haynes Furniture Store and The Dump are closing with a going-out-of-business sale

After 128 years in business, the family-owned Haynes Furniture and The Dump Luxe Furniture Outlet are permanently closing all of their remaining store locations, according to WTVR 6 News.

Richmond, VA · 29d