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1 week ago | 
wmra.org | Sandy Hausman
The Rappahannock, which runs from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, is the longest undammed river in the eastern United States, but a non-profit called American Rivers says it’s endangered. Brent Hunsinger, with Friends of the Rappahannock, says there’s big demand for its water due to unchecked development.
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1 week ago | 
wvtf.org | Sandy Hausman
The Rappahannock, which runs from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, is the longest undammed river in the eastern United States, but a non-profit called American Rivers says it’s endangered. Brent Hunsinger, with Friends of the Rappahannock, says there’s big demand for its water due to unchecked development.
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1 week ago | 
wvtf.org | Sandy Hausman
There was music and prayer at the hour-long event and opening remarks from the school’s current president, Jim Ryan, who said he had consulted Casteen before taking the job. “I confessed to him that I was worried that I was not suited to be president of UVA and I also worried that I would not enjoy the job. In retrospect," he joked, "I realize there was little cause to worry about the latter.
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1 week ago | 
wvtf.org | Sandy Hausman
Rebecca Fitch is from Charlottesville, so enrolling at UVA was easy enough, but she hadn’t really found her crowd – didn’t feel comfortable as a freshman. Then she started choosing her courses for a second year. “I had two extra credits in my schedule, and I wanted kind of an easy A – something to fill out my schedule and get the most bang for my buck,” she recalls. Fitch scanned the list of 2-credit courses, looking for things that sounded interesting.
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1 week ago | 
wvtf.org | Sandy Hausman
Margaret Breslau has spent the last 20 years running the Coalition for Justice— a non-profit that’s made her a strong advocate for prisoners in Virginia. On average she answers about 400 letters and e-mails from inmates each month. And that’s not all. “This week I put my newsletter out – it’s a newsletter that goes to 2,600 people in jails and prisons.
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1 week ago | 
wvtf.org | Sandy Hausman
Between 400 and 500 demonstrators gathered at the Augusta County Courthouse in Staunton. A permit was issued by the county, but city police who patrol the adjacent streets were caught off guard. “We didn’t know a lot about it ahead of time, and we didn’t know it was going to get as big as it was going to get,” explains Chief Jim Williams. He says only three or four officers were available to police the crowd, and having learned about the protest on Facebook, they didn’t expect violence.
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1 week ago | 
wmra.org | Sandy Hausman
If you had COVID at least three months ago and continued to have symptoms at least three months later, you may have Long COVID according to UVA lung specialist Alexandra Kadl. “Many of the patients have been very frustrated, because they usually look fairly normal, and they act fairly normal, but they do not feel normal," she explains. "They cannot do their things – can’t take care of their family, can’t get to their job."Patients may experience any of about 200 symptoms.
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1 week ago | 
wvtf.org | Sandy Hausman
If you had COVID at least three months ago and continued to have symptoms at least three months later, you may have Long COVID according to UVA lung specialist Alexandra Kadl. “Many of the patients have been very frustrated, because they usually look fairly normal, and they act fairly normal, but they do not feel normal," she explains. "They cannot do their things – can’t take care of their family, can’t get to their job."Patients may experience any of about 200 symptoms.
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2 weeks ago | 
wvtf.org | Sandy Hausman
On April 10th, 2024 a man in Waynesboro was shot in the leg. He told police that his own gun had gone off, causing the injury, but a witness claimed otherwise and identified a car being driven by 29-year-old Kevin Taylor. “Waynesboro police chased into Albemarle County where Kevin ran into a guard rail.”Attorney Jeff Fogel says officers from Waynesboro were quickly joined by Albemarle and state police. They ordered Taylor to surrender, but he refused.
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2 weeks ago | 
wmra.org | Sandy Hausman
This story begins with two guys – John Charles Meyer, who was a political consultant:"I had just gotten burned out on D.C. I was going through a divorce. I had worked in politics for ten years. I was a little bit burned out on that as well."And Peter Wilson. "He was, I think I’m getting this right, first chair violinists of the White House Chamber Orchestra.
