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WVVA TV
April 4, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The world's largest pork corporation is facing the biggest threat in decades to its low-cost, high-volume method of raising animals by discharging liquefied waste over croplands. A hearing began Tuesday on a federal lawsuit that could force changes on the hog production division ofÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 4, 2018
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Another person has planted herself in a tree along the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to protest the project. The Roanoke Times reports the woman has taken up residence in a tree stand about 30 feet high in Roanoke County. The woman says she was inspired by anotherÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 4, 2018
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - State regulators are questioning whether a new electric utility overhaul recently approved by lawmakers may be unconstitutional. The State Corporation Commission issued a ruling Monday raising the possibility that a new utility-backed law may unfairly disadvantage out-of-stateÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 4, 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A Virginia prosecutor is asking the court to reopen a perjury case against the chief organizer of a deadly white nationalist rally. In a motion filed Monday, Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney Robert Tracci asked the court to reverse its decision to dismiss the perjuryÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 4, 2018
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Ralph Northam has signed an executive order directing Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality to review its operations and evaluate changes in federal environmental regulations since President Donald Trump took office. Northam's order, announced Wednesday,Ãâà...
WVVA TV
April 3, 2018
West Virginian's have a chance to reclaim your own money with un-claimed property in West Virginia. The West Virginia unclaimed property payouts are on track to smash the all-time record of $15.4 million..set in 2009. According to the State Treasure's Dept. as of March of this year, the division has paidÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 3, 2018
BOSTON (AP) - Interstate fishing managers are considering changing the rules governing the fishery for a popular species of flounder. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says managers are seeking comments about possible changes to the summer flounder fishery. The fish has beenÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 3, 2018
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - An organizer of the Virginia Beach Tattoo Festival says a proposed fee by the city's health department may put an end to the event. Virginia Beach's health department wants to charge a permit fee for temporary tattoo events that is based on the number of artists. Organizer JohnÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 3, 2018
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A bill awaiting Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's signature would eliminate the requirement that nurse practitioners with a certain amount of clinical experience have a contract with a physician who oversees them. Supporters of the measure say the currently required collaborativeÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 2, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A group of Democratic state lawmakers is pushing two northern Virginia counties to use an existing law to bar people from driving with a loaded shotgun or rifle. The legislators' effort comes after a General Assembly session that saw the vast majority of Democrats' gun-control bills fail.
