October 23, 2023

Cardinal News: Virginia Tech helps Christiansburg Institute preserve Black history archives

Cardinal News: Virginia Tech helps Christiansburg Institute preserve Black history archives. “For 100 years, Christiansburg Institute battled white discrimination by serving as a model of Black education and culture tucked away in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Today, the battlefield has transferred to a digital arena as the nonprofit that carries its name strives to preserve it for future generations.”

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June 19, 2023

WDBJ: Grown Here at Home: How should this land be used? New website intends to help localities make the best decision

WDBJ: Grown Here at Home: How should this land be used? New website intends to help localities make the best decision . “The Virginia Cooperative Extension worked with several state agencies, among others, to develop Virginia’s Land Use and Energy Navigator or VaLEN. The interactive map can serve as a guide to help localities make land use decisions based on their specific needs and goals. … You can search an address or a broad area. To navigate, there are different layers of geographic data you can select to help you get specific information about a piece of land.”

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May 3, 2023

Daily News-Record: Library of Virginia Creates A Digital Map Of Virginia’s Deaf Communities

Daily News-Record: Library of Virginia Creates A Digital Map Of Virginia’s Deaf Communities. “The Library of Virginia added a digital map resource to Virginia’s Deaf Culture Digital Library, a website with information for the commonwealth’s deaf community created by the library in collaboration with Central Rappahannock Regional Library, a press release announced.”

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April 20, 2023

Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal: Digital archive tells story of Gloucester A&I

Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal: Digital archive tells story of Gloucester A&I. “The documents shed light on the founding and early days of the Gloucester Agricultural and Industrial School, also known as the Cappahosic Academy. That school, which operated from 1888 until its closing in 1933, provided the Black youth of Gloucester and surrounding communities with much more than the basic skills and training needed to be a laborer.”

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March 6, 2023

Opinion: Casting shade on Virginia’s ‘Sunshine Law’ (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Opinion: Casting shade on Virginia’s ‘Sunshine Law’. “What was once the domain of overreaching politicians and campaign-season hyperbole, the idea that U.S. democracy is under attack means something different in 2023. Meanwhile, perhaps our best tool for combating propaganda and misinformation — the Freedom of Information Act — continues to get treated in the Virginia General Assembly like a bureaucratic nuisance.”

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February 11, 2023

Virginia Mercury: Virginia House rejects mandatory livestreaming bill as localities warn of six-figure costs

Virginia Mercury: Virginia House rejects mandatory livestreaming bill as localities warn of six-figure costs. “Despite numerous changes in the bill meant to protect localities that, for whatever reason, can’t figure out how to put videos online without breaking the bank, the House of Delegates rejected the proposal this week on a 47-49 vote. Most Democrats voted for it. Most Republicans, including some who had previously voted for it in committee, opposed it. That indicates the bill’s defeat may have had as much to do with its controversial patron as the idea itself.”

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February 2, 2023

Northern Virginia Daily: Belle Grove online exhibit

Northern Virginia Daily: Belle Grove online exhibit. “Belle Grove has published its latest online exhibit …, The Jackson Family: A Story of Resilience & The Enduring Love of Family. It tells the story of Emanuel Jackson, a free Black man from Frederick County and how he purchased the freedom of his children and grandchild who were enslaved by the Hite family. Jackson resided in Pittsburgh and his children joined him there.”

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January 6, 2023

News In Brief: UVA Offers New, Free Book On Poisonous, Venomous Animals In Virginia (University of Virginia)

University of Virginia: News In Brief: UVA Offers New, Free Book On Poisonous, Venomous Animals In Virginia. “To help Virginians avoid poisonings from encounters with wildlife, a reference guide to 32 poisonous and venomous animals that live in Virginia is now available as a free, downloadable book.” There’s also a free book available about poisonous plants in Virginia.

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December 29, 2022

Loudoun Now: Morven Park’s 246 Years Project Expands Access to Enslaved Family History

Loudoun Now (Virginia): Morven Park’s 246 Years Project Expands Access to Enslaved Family History. “The 246 Years Project is an initiative of Morven Park and Loudoun County Circuit Court Clerk Gary Clemens and his Historic Records Division team. Morven Park is building an online database organizing fragmentary information about Loudoun’s enslaved communities, allowing descendants to delve deeper into their family histories.”

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December 16, 2022

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond sheriff puts $1,385 price tag on Times-Dispatch request for routine payroll records

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond sheriff puts $1,385 price tag on Times-Dispatch request for routine payroll records. “In response to a Richmond Times-Dispatch request for payroll records about who the jail employs and how much they earn, Sheriff Antionette Irving’s records officer quoted a price of $1,385. Payroll records are explicitly not protected from FOIA under the Virginia Administrative Code. When they receive requests from the public, agency records officers estimate prices based on how many hours employees will need to produce the records. Sheriffs sign off on those labor estimates.”

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November 2, 2022

Virginia Department of Health: Virginia Department Of Health And Virginia Commonwealth University Partner To Launch An Opioid Cost Calculator

Virginia Department of Health: Virginia Department Of Health And Virginia Commonwealth University Partner To Launch An Opioid Cost Calculator. “The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health collaborated on the development of an opioid cost calculator. The calculator presents cost estimates of how much the opioid epidemic impacts Virginians in multiple categories: lost labor, healthcare, crime, household costs, state costs, and federal costs.”

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October 7, 2022

WDBJ: Virginia has new unclaimed property program

WDBJ: Virginia has new unclaimed property program. “The Virginia Department of the Treasury Unclaimed Property Division has launched its new KAPS program and website to manage the administration, reporting and claiming of unclaimed property, according to Governor Glenn Youngkin, who says, ‘This new user-friendly website makes it easier for citizens to identify and more quickly claim their unclaimed property.’”

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