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Haysi's mayor was arrested after he was indicted on 8 fraud and embezzlement charges
Larry D. Yates was being held without bond Friday in the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon and will appear in court Tuesday.
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7mSpanberger issues executive order to hold data centers ‘accountable,’ form AI task force
Her order, which follows a months-long budget battle over tax exemptions and more recent concerns regarding the safety of AI, stops short of a moratorium on development.
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5mInterviews for Virginia Tech’s next president to take place in coming weeks
The search committee is seeking a replacement for Tim Sands, who in April announced his plan to step down.
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9mA St. Paul food pantry gets creative to weather SNAP cuts, loss of USDA food
Agencies under Feeding Southwest Virginia are seeing the need for food firsthand.
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21mEarly voting begins today. Here's what's at stake across Virginia.
Virginia has a low-key Senate race, 11 different congressional races (some more competitive than others), referendums on three important constitutional amendments, a few local referendums here or there, and lots of local offices.
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7mChanges to state disaster relief fund will streamline claims process, increase spending caps for Southwest Virginia flood victims, governor's office says
As of Thursday, more than $42 million of the $50 million allocated to help residents had not yet been disbursed.