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By Greg Hicks, Virginia Farm Bureau 12/25/15 / Agriculture / Health & Safety / People & Places /
AgrAbility helps farmers with disabilities continue to work. A Dinwiddie County farmer is the second person in Virginia to receive help from AgrAbility Virginia, one of 24 state-level affiliates of the National AgrAbility Project. Here is his story.
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12/25/15 / Health & Safety / State Government / Transportation /
Virginia State Police is partnering with the state police, highway patrols and local law enforcement of every state along the East Coast containing a portion of Interstate 95 in an effort to keep one of the nation’s major interstate corridors safe and fatality-free.
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From the Virginia Attorney General's office 12/22/15 / Health & Safety / Police & Fire Beat / State Government /
After months of research and evaluation, including extensive outreach to the states whose permits Virginia currently recognizes, Virginia is revoking concealed handgun permit recognition with 25 states effective February 1, 2016.
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12/18/15 / Breaking News / Health & Safety / Manassas /
Fire Marshals from the City of Manassas Fire and Rescue Department assisted by an agent from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) conducted an investigation into the origin and cause of the fire that destroyed two townhouses and damaged two others in the Georgetown South Community on Dec. 16.
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12/16/15 / Health & Safety / Police & Fire Beat /
When WJLA, the ABC Washington DC affiliate, released a Nov. 19 story about varying levels of cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amongst local law enforcement agencies, PWC Police Department had to reexamine itself. Here are the findings.
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12/16/15 / Health & Safety / People & Places / Police & Fire Beat / Transportation /
“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” high-visibility crackdown begins on Friday, Dec. 18th, and runs through New Year’s Day. Prince William County Police, as well as law enforcement agencies throughout Virginia and the region, are targeting this time period because the holidays bring a surge in drunk-driving.
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12/14/15 / Education / Environment / Haymarket / Health & Safety /
The 2015 FIRST® LEGO® LEAGUE Trash Trek Challenge asks students to identify a problem with the way people make or handle trash, and then design a solution to the problem. Fifth graders created a system to put in place at Mountain View School that separates plastic from waste material that can be composted.
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By JAN DAVIS Observer staff 12/14/15 / Education / Good Eating / Health & Safety /
"In the Midst of Plenty" was written by author and journalist Ben Bagdikin almost 50 years ago about poverty in America. The subject is still true today. Even in the affluent Haymarket-Gainesville areas, poverty and hunger still exist in the midst of plenty. David and Joan Gifford, along with two teams of volunteers, formed Crossroads-Connection to assist with poverty in their own backyards.
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