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State transportation officials toured the highway worksite between the Kentucky border and Grundy Wednesday, prior to the Commonwealth Transportation Board’s public listening session.
Extreme precipitation events are becoming more common due to climate change. Environmental advocates and some officials warn that means more flooding, costing Virginia billions of dollars and threatening residents’ safety. Unless protection efforts receive proper funding soon, they warn, the problem will only get worse.
RICHMOND — Yvonne Rife was in the attic holding her dog Lucy as her Buchanan County home was swept off its foundation and carried a quarter of a mile by
Proposed environmental bills for the 2022 General Assembly session include repealing carbon dioxide regulations, creating a state flood policy board, discouraging invasive plant species, restricting solar farms and more.
While officials are keeping the details of a ransomware attack on the General Assembly quiet, lawmakers said bill drafting is impeded, but continuing.