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Earle-Sears and Spanberger ditch a Virginia tradition. Will they even debate at all?

2 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dwayne Yancey

Virginia, like the seasons, once had four great political traditions. All now seem to be discarded, trampled over by changing times. The great springtime rite of passage once was the Shad Planking, a fish roast (shad cooked on wooden planks over an open fire) in Sussex County that was more remembered for the political speeches than the cuisine.
Botetourt County once stretched to the Mississippi. The Google deal opens the way for a new museum to tell that story.

2 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dwayne Yancey

When Malfourd “Bo” Trumbo was a circuit court judge in Botetourt County, he would often walk through the courtroom at the end of the day and find someone sitting there. The person varied from day to day, but the story was always the same.
The fate of Job Corps, a lifeline for disadvantaged youth in Marion, is uncertain as feds seek to close the program

3 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer

Lea Moyer began taking classes at the Blue Ridge Job Corps center in Marion in October after experiencing homelessness. Moyer, 22, entered the foster care system when she was 17 years old. She struggled with her mental health, and that led her to getting “kicked out” of foster care programs, she said. “When I aged out no one was there to help me with anything anymore, and due to my mental health and needing hospitalizations sometimes it was hard to keep up with housing and a job,” she said.
Why Google's data center project in Botetourt gets applause while others don't and how the planning for it began long before the web even existed

3 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dwayne Yancey

When Prince William County approved three rezonings for the Prince William Digital Gateway complex of data centers, neighbors went to court. When a developer proposed a data center complex near Chatham, it sparked six months of controversy before the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted down the project.
A rewrite of the Clean Economy Act seems increasingly likely. This may pose hard questions on all sides.

4 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dwayne Yancey

This fall, you’re going to hear a lot about the Virginia Clean Economy Act, the 2020 law that mandates a carbon-free electric grid by 2050, and which Democrats say lowers electric bills (because solar is cheaper than other fuels) and which Republicans say is raising them (because utilities have to build new facilities to generate that carbon-free power). Here’s what you may not hear: the conversations behind the scenes about ways to rewrite that law.
Agenda Martinsville: A plan for aging water infrastructure

4 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dean-Paul Stephens

Martinsville supervisors will talk water infrastructure at their Tuesday meeting, 6 p.m., at the New College Institute’s Gardner Board Room. Supervisors will learn more about the city’s water-related assets via a presentation by Dewberry Engineers, the firm hired to gauge the city’s infrastructure.
Averett seeks waiver on debt while it shores up finances

4 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Lisa Rowan

Averett University is hoping investors will relax the rules on its bonds that have been in technical default since the beginning of the year. The university took out nearly $15 million in bonds in 2017 to pay off old debts and to renovate campus buildings. As of June 2024, about $13.3 million remained on the balance to be paid through 2047.
Agenda Bristol: City council to make CDBG funding decisions at Tuesday meeting

4 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Susan Cameron

The projects that will receive Community Development Block Grant funding in 2025 and a five-year CDBG plan will be considered during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Bristol City Council. The annual federal funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and mainly benefits those with low to moderate incomes.
Agenda Henry County: School maintenance and new housing

4 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dean-Paul Stephens

Henry County supervisors will tackle school-related maintenance at their upcoming meeting following the school board’s request to transfer more than $1 million toward the maintenance and upkeep of several schools. The meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Administration Building. If supervisors approve the two requests, totaling $1.2 million and $150,000, it would earmark $1.35 million for the proposed project.
Restaurant Roundup: Wild Magnolia among the 5 full-service restaurants inspected in May

4 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dean-Paul Stephens

A handful of Martinsville restaurants received a few citations from Virginia Department of Health inspectors in May. May’s inspection list is available online. The previous month’s inspections are usually published around the start of each month. Last month, Martinsville inspectors visited five full-service restaurants: Asador El Vergel, A Touch of Soul, Skip’s Restaurant, Wild Magnolia and Rania’s Italian Restaurant.