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Regulatory filings reviewed by the Richmond Times-Dispatch indicate that the plant has been flagged 66 times in the past eight years for violations of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, releasing toxic chemicals into Hopewell’s air, as well as into the James River.

Vanessa Hudgens will star in the Broadway version of Gigi in January 2015. Miss Hudgens who began her career doing musical theater is thrilled to finally be making her Broadway debut.

BAYTOWN, Texas -- When Shirley Williams chose the brick ranch house in a quiet subdivision east of Houston 25 years ago, she picked it for the lush, peaceful backyard. She pictured her husband, Arthur, puttering around the garden, growing vegetables and caring for a row of citrus trees. This was their retirement plan.

The EPA on Thursday ordered rail company Norfolk Southern to test the Ohio derailment area for dioxins, a dangerous and persistent class of pollutants.

Residents await answers about their homes and health after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio.

On April 3, 2023, Virginia’s Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre will honor the theatrical icon Chita Rivera with the company’s twelfth Stephen Sondheim Award. See performers and more!

The facility has no limits on how much selenium it can release into the Mississippi River, but state officials said the pollution isnt harming overall water quality.

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Eric Schaeffer, who sent in this stunning shot of Basseterre, St Kitts.

The oil industry plays a big role in Louisianas economy, as does the seafood industry. Both employ thousands of workers and generate billions in economic activity and tax dollars.

This week the EPA won praise from environmentalists when it blocked development of a copper and gold mine that threatened Alaskan salmon. In other states, however, they say the agency is doing even less than it did when Donald Trump was president. Sandy Hausman reports on what that means for Virginia.