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srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-1200x814.jpg 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-300x204.jpg 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-768x521.jpg 768w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-2048x1389.jpg 2048w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-1568x1064.jpg 1568w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-2000x1357.jpg 2000w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-400x271.jpg 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-706x479.jpg 706w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="111360" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/23/no-fireworks-and-much-agreement-at-the-first-republican-candidate-forum-for-senate-district-10/sd10/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1737" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1732302871","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="sd10" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p> Six out of the seven Republican candidates seeking the 10th Senate District seat met on stage Friday night during the first forum of the special election. From left to right: Bryan Hamlet, Shayne Snavely, Jean Gannon, Luther Cifers, Duane Adams and Alex Cheatham. The seventh Republican candidate, Amanda Chase, declined to attend. Photo by Elizabeth Beyer</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-300x204.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sd10-1024x695.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/politics/">Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/23/no-fireworks-and-much-agreement-at-the-first-republican-candidate-forum-for-senate-district-10/" rel="bookmark">No fireworks and much agreement at the first Republican candidate forum for Senate District 10</a></h2> <p>Six of the seven Republican candidates vying for the seat that state Sen. John McGuire will vacate to serve in Congress met on stage for the first forum of the 10th District special election. </p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/elizabeth-beyer/">Elizabeth Beyer</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-23T05:00:00">November 23, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-23T11:59:35-05:00">November 23, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignright ts-3 is-1 is-square mobile-stack show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="111301" class="tag-agenda tag-hopetree tag-local tag-salem category-local category-roanoke-valley type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/agenda-salem-hopetree-rezoning-salary-raises-for-mayor-and-council-on-monday/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Agenda Salem: HopeTree rezoning, salary raises for mayor and council on Monday" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-150x150.jpeg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-800x800.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-600x600.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-400x400.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-200x200.jpeg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-300x300.jpeg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-100x100.jpeg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="109859" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/img_8651/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-scaled.jpeg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.78","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 15 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1730139230","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.7649998656528","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0081967213114754","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Salem_city_hall" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The city hall building in Salem. Photo by Samantha Verrelli.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-300x225.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8651-1024x768.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/local/">Local</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/agenda-salem-hopetree-rezoning-salary-raises-for-mayor-and-council-on-monday/" rel="bookmark">Agenda Salem: HopeTree rezoning, salary raises for mayor and council on Monday</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/samantha-verrelli/">Samantha Verrelli</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T15:10:21">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-22T20:58:10-05:00">November 22, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="111178" class="category-economy type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/dominion-cancels-tazewell-pump-storage-project/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="Dominion cancels Tazewell pump storage project" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="111046" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/graphic-pumped-hydroelectric-storage-facility/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility.jpg" data-orig-size="2350,993" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Graphic – Pumped Hydroelectric Storage Facility" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>This graphic shows the general concept behind a pumped hydroelectric storage facility, which stores water in an upper reservoir, releases it through a generator into a lower reservoir to produce electricity and then pumps it back into an upper reservoir. Courtesy of Dominion Energy.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-300x127.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Graphic-Pumped-Hydroelectric-Storage-Facility-1024x433.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/economy/">Economy</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/dominion-cancels-tazewell-pump-storage-project/" rel="bookmark">Dominion cancels Tazewell pump storage project</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/matt-busse/">Matt Busse</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T04:45:00">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T21:05:59-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="111123" class="category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/how-significant-are-the-republican-gains-in-virginia-this-year-heres-the-data/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="600" height="600" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-600x600.png?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-square-intermediate wp-post-image" alt="How significant are the Republican gains in Virginia this year? Here’s the data." data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-600x600.png?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-150x150.png?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-400x400.png?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-200x200.png?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-300x300.png?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-100x100.png?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="109637" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/07/virginia-went-blue-but-is-flashing-five-bright-red-warning-signs-for-democrats/presidential_2024/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024.png" data-orig-size="1486,623" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="presidential_2024" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Virginia’s election map 2024. Courtesy of State Board of Elections. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-300x126.png" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/presidential_2024-1024x429.png" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/opinion/">Opinion</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/how-significant-are-the-republican-gains-in-virginia-this-year-heres-the-data/" rel="bookmark">How significant are the Republican gains in Virginia this year? Here’s the data.</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/dwayneyancey/">Dwayne Yancey</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T04:15:00">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T21:23:39-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="111176" class="category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/six-republicans-one-democrat-vie-for-mcguires-state-senate-seat/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="400" height="400" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10-400x400.png?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-small size-newspack-article-block-square-small wp-post-image" alt="6 Republicans, 1 Democrat vie for McGuire’s state Senate seat" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10-400x400.png?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10-150x150.png?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10-200x200.png?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10-300x300.png?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10-100x100.png?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="40726" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2023/04/06/the-party-nomination-battles-shaping-up-in-southwest-and-southside/senate_district_10/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10.png" data-orig-size="743,529" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="senate_district_10" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Senate District 10. Courtesy of Virginia Supreme Court.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10-300x214.png" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/senate_district_10.png" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/politics/">Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/six-republicans-one-democrat-vie-for-mcguires-state-senate-seat/" rel="bookmark">6 Republicans, 1 Democrat vie for McGuire’s state Senate seat</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/elizabeth-beyer/">Elizabeth Beyer</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T04:10:00">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T22:18:39-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div></div><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-columns is-style-borders is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/politics/">Politics</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="111195" class="category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/bowers-seeks-recount-in-roanoke-mayoral-election/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Bowers seeks recount in Roanoke mayoral election" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-800x600.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-600x450.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-400x300.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-200x150.jpeg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-1568x1176.jpeg 1568w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-2000x1500.jpeg 2000w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-706x530.jpeg 706w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="111169" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/img_9113/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-scaled.jpeg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.78","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 15 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1732198850","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.7649998656528","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.0013531799729364","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Bowers_recount" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>David Bowers announced Thursday he has requested a recount in the mayoral election, which he lost to Joe Cobb by 59 votes. Photo by Samantha Verrelli.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-300x225.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9113-1024x768.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/bowers-seeks-recount-in-roanoke-mayoral-election/" rel="bookmark">Bowers seeks recount in Roanoke mayoral election</a></h3> <p>Republican candidate David Bowers lost by 59 votes after holding an initial slim lead on election night. Democrat Joe Cobb surpassed his vote total once all provisional ballots were counted.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/samantha-verrelli/">Samantha Verrelli</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T04:08:00">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T21:30:17-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="111055" class="category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/youngkins-departure-from-rggi-determined-unlawful-by-circuit-judge/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Youngkin’s departure from RGGI determined unlawful by circuit judge" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="111058" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/youngkins-departure-from-rggi-determined-unlawful-by-circuit-judge/youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Gov. Glenn Youngkin updates the press on post-Helene recovery efforts in Southwest Virginia in early October. Photo by Elizabeth Beyer.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Youngkin_flood_oct8-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/youngkins-departure-from-rggi-determined-unlawful-by-circuit-judge/" rel="bookmark">Youngkin’s departure from RGGI determined unlawful by circuit judge</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/elizabeth-beyer/">Elizabeth Beyer</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-20T16:18:17">November 20, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-20T21:48:15-05:00">November 20, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110804" class="category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/rematch-between-obenshain-and-franklin-slated-for-2025/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Rematch between Obenshain and Franklin slated for 2025 " data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-800x800.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-600x600.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-400x400.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-200x200.jpeg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-300x300.jpeg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-100x100.jpeg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="110805" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/rematch-between-obenshain-and-franklin-slated-for-2025/image_20231004_001940_301-scaled/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="2560,1933" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Franklin-Obenshain forum" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Lily Franklin (left) and Del. Chris Obenshain (right) spoke with moderator Dwayne Yancey at a candidate forum in Blacksburg in 2023. Franklin has announced that she will again seek the 41st House District seat. Photo by Markus Schmidt.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-300x227.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Image_20231004_001940_301-scaled-1-1024x773.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/rematch-between-obenshain-and-franklin-slated-for-2025/" rel="bookmark">Rematch between Obenshain and Franklin slated for 2025 </a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/elizabeth-beyer/">Elizabeth Beyer</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T04:08:00">November 19, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-18T22:13:43-05:00">November 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110613" class="category-lynchburg-area category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/with-all-lynchburg-votes-in-republicans-secure-larger-majority/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="With all Lynchburg votes in, Republicans secure larger majority" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="109562" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,748" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Timmer, Wilder, Diemer, Faraldi" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Lynchburg City Council candidates (from left) Jacqueline Timmer, Sterling Wilder, Curt Diemer and Chris Faraldi. Photos courtesy of the candidates.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-300x88.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/timmer_wilder_diemer_faraldi-1024x299.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/with-all-lynchburg-votes-in-republicans-secure-larger-majority/" rel="bookmark">With all Lynchburg votes in, Republicans secure larger majority</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/matt-busse/">Matt Busse</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-15T21:01:26">November 15, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-15T22:46:37-05:00">November 15, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/weather/">WEATHER</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="110968" class="category-weather type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/snow-set-to-coat-western-edge-of-virginia-as-annual-snowfall-prediction-contest-begins/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Snow set to coat western edge of Virginia as annual snowfall prediction contest begins" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-300x225.jpg 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-706x530.jpg 706w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="110969" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/snow-set-to-coat-western-edge-of-virginia-as-annual-snowfall-prediction-contest-begins/1snowlimbswva/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1583496298","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.0081967213114754","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="1SnowLimbsWVa" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Wet snow coats a limb on Red Spruce Knob near Marlinton, West Virginia, in March 2020. Snow cover will likely be similar later this week in eastern West Virginia’s mountains, extending into some western portions of Virginia. Photo by Kevin Myatt.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1SnowLimbsWVa-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/snow-set-to-coat-western-edge-of-virginia-as-annual-snowfall-prediction-contest-begins/" rel="bookmark">Snow set to coat western edge of Virginia as annual snowfall prediction contest begins</a></h3> <p>Southwest Virginia areas west of Interstate 77 and near the West Virginia line may see whitened landscape Thursday and Friday.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/kevin-myatt/">Kevin Myatt</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-20T16:00:00">November 20, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-20T09:20:33-05:00">November 20, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="110937" class="category-southwest-virginia-flooding category-weather type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/concert-series-to-benefit-helene-recovery/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Concert series to benefit Helene recovery" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="106747" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/damascusflood92824_2949/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Ben Earp","camera":"Canon EOS-1D X Mark II","caption":"All that remains of what was Trestle 27 on the Virginia Creeper Trail that was destroyed during flooding caused by Hurricane Helene on September 27, 2024. (Ben Earp\/Ben Earp Photography)","created_timestamp":"1728561762","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DamascusFlood92824_2949" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>All that remains of what was Trestle 27 on the Virginia Creeper Trail in Taylors Valley that was destroyed during flooding caused by Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27. Courtesy of Ben Earp/Ben Earp Photography.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2949-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/concert-series-to-benefit-helene-recovery/" rel="bookmark">Concert series to benefit Helene recovery</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/cameron-susan/">Susan Cameron</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-20T04:05:00">November 20, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-20T13:04:14-05:00">November 20, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110801" class="category-southwest-virginia-flooding category-weather type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/youngkin-requests-4-4-billion-from-the-federal-government-for-helene-recovery-and-mitigation/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Youngkin requests $4.4 billion from the federal government for Helene recovery and mitigation" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="106738" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/damascusflood92824_2985-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"Ben Earp","camera":"Canon EOS-1D X Mark II","caption":"Trestle 18 on the Virginia Creeper Trail showing damage done to it by debris from flood waters caused by Hurricane Helen on September 27, 2024. (Ben Earp\/Ben Earp Photography)","created_timestamp":"1728578832","copyright":"","focal_length":"24","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DamascusFlood92824_2985" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The No. 18 trestle on the Virginia Creeper Trail was knocked off its foundation by floodwaters and came to rest against the Whitetop Laurel Creek bank. Photo by Ben Earp/Ben Earp Photography.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DamascusFlood92824_2985-1-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/youngkin-requests-4-4-billion-from-the-federal-government-for-helene-recovery-and-mitigation/" rel="bookmark">Youngkin requests $4.4 billion from the federal government for Helene recovery and mitigation</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/elizabeth-beyer/">Elizabeth Beyer</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T04:10:00">November 19, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-18T22:37:30-05:00">November 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110510" class="category-southwest-virginia-flooding category-weather type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/30-5-million-paid-out-to-support-recovery-in-virginia-1-5-months-after-hurricane-helene/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="$30.5 million paid out to support recovery in Virginia, 1.5 months after Hurricane Helene" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="104788" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/damascusflood92824_0609/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"Ben Earp","camera":"Canon EOS-1D X Mark II","caption":"East Liberty Ave. in Damascus, Virginia shown damage where several homes suffered damage from flood waters caused by Hurricane Helene. (Ben Earp\/Ben Earp Photography)Damascus Flood - 9\/3\/24","created_timestamp":"1727707205","copyright":"","focal_length":"24","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DamascusFlood 7" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>East Liberty Avenue in Damascus, where several homes sustained significant flood damage. Photo by Ben Earp/Ben Earp Photography.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DamascusFlood92824_0609-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/30-5-million-paid-out-to-support-recovery-in-virginia-1-5-months-after-hurricane-helene/" rel="bookmark">$30.5 million paid out to support recovery in Virginia, 1.5 months after Hurricane Helene</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/elizabeth-beyer/">Elizabeth Beyer</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-15T04:08:00">November 15, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-14T22:56:00-05:00">November 14, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/culture/">Culture</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="110907" class="category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/critical-portion-of-the-roanoke-river-greenway-still-in-planning-phase-years-later-heres-why-its-been-so-challenging/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="‘Critical’ portion of the Roanoke River Greenway remains in the planning phase. Here’s why it’s been so challenging." data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-800x600.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-600x450.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-400x300.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-200x150.jpeg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-1568x1176.jpeg 1568w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-2000x1500.jpeg 2000w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-706x530.jpeg 706w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="110213" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/greenways_3_campbell_shed/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-scaled.jpeg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.78","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 15 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1728065530","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.7649998656528","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.0014144271570014","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="greenways_3_campbell_shed" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The shed behind Brandy Campbell’s house, painted to mimic a Campbell’s Soup can, has been broken into twice since 2007, and her water hose was stolen. Photo by Samantha Verrelli.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-300x225.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_3_campbell_shed-1024x768.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/critical-portion-of-the-roanoke-river-greenway-still-in-planning-phase-years-later-heres-why-its-been-so-challenging/" rel="bookmark">‘Critical’ portion of the Roanoke River Greenway remains in the planning phase. Here’s why it’s been so challenging.</a></h3> <p>Extending the greenway to Green Hill Park in Salem would either require homeowner buy-in, or the construction of two expensive bridges.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/samantha-verrelli/">Samantha Verrelli</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-20T04:10:00">November 20, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-19T21:16:49-05:00">November 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="110739" class="category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/30-years-after-it-was-first-envisioned-the-roanoke-river-greenway-is-the-centerpiece-of-a-still-growing-network-of-trails/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="30 years after it was first envisioned, the Roanoke River Greenway is the centerpiece of a still-growing network of trails" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-150x150.jpeg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-800x800.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-600x600.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-400x400.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-200x200.jpeg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-300x300.jpeg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-100x100.jpeg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="110202" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/greenways_1_runners/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621.jpeg" data-orig-size="1894,1356" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.78","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 15 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1721844038","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.7649998656528","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.0028089887640449","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="greenways_1_runners" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Runners on the Roanoke River Greenway near Grandin Village. Photo by Samantha Verrelli.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-300x215.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenways_1_runners-scaled-e1731431692621-1024x733.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/30-years-after-it-was-first-envisioned-the-roanoke-river-greenway-is-the-centerpiece-of-a-still-growing-network-of-trails/" rel="bookmark">30 years after it was first envisioned, the Roanoke River Greenway is the centerpiece of a still-growing network of trails</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/samantha-verrelli/">Samantha Verrelli</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T04:45:00">November 19, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-19T17:58:17-05:00">November 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110742" class="category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/behind-the-scenes-of-building-a-greenway-network/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Behind the scenes of building a greenway network" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-150x150.jpeg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-800x800.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-600x600.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-400x400.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-200x200.jpeg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-300x300.jpeg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-100x100.jpeg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="110205" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/greenway_2_phase-1/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-scaled.jpeg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.78","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 15 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1721226529","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.7649998656528","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.00032299741602067","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="greenway_2_phase 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Construction for Phase 1 of the West Roanoke River Greenway was underway this summer. Photo by Samantha Verrelli.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-300x225.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/greenway_2_phase-1-1024x768.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/behind-the-scenes-of-building-a-greenway-network/" rel="bookmark">Behind the scenes of building a greenway network</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/samantha-verrelli/">Samantha Verrelli</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T04:43:00">November 19, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-19T17:55:38-05:00">November 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110483" class="category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/tall-tales-take-center-stage-at-floyd-liars-contest/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Tall tales take center stage at Floyd liars’ contest" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="110484" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/tall-tales-take-center-stage-at-floyd-liars-contest/1-2-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.78","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 16 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1727870195","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.7649998656528","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.00060496067755596","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Liars contest" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Hettie Farley tells a story at the October meeting of the Persiflage writers group. Her stories are a blend of traditional tales and family stories that have been passed along through the generations. Photo by Lindsey Hull.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-2-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/tall-tales-take-center-stage-at-floyd-liars-contest/" rel="bookmark">Tall tales take center stage at Floyd liars’ contest</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/lindsey-hull/">Lindsey Hull</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-15T04:10:00">November 15, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-22T16:38:02-05:00">November 22, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div></div><hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-columns is-style-borders is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/education/">education</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="108684" class="tag-martinsville category-education category-martinsville-area type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/05/martinsville-school-uses-spirited-competition-to-encourage-attendance/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Martinsville school uses spirited competition to encourage attendance" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-300x225.jpg 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-706x530.jpg 706w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="108225" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/img_0457/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.6","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 mini","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1729172135","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.1","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="PHES house meeting_Loba cheering" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Evie Minich cheers for Loba during a joint house meeting at Patrick Henry Elementary School in Martinsville on Oct. 17. Loba was named the house champion for the first quarter of the school year, achieving the most points for good behavior and attendance. Photo by Lisa Rowan.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0457-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/05/martinsville-school-uses-spirited-competition-to-encourage-attendance/" rel="bookmark">Martinsville school uses spirited competition to encourage attendance</a></h3> <p>It’s part of an effort to get kids excited to come to school each day as, across the state, schools try to re-engage families and increase attendance post-pandemic. </p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/lisa-rowan/">Lisa Rowan</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-05T04:45:00">November 5, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-04T22:12:18-05:00">November 4, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="107163" class="category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/23/no-matter-who-wins-radford-school-board-election-will-complete-turnover-on-board/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="No matter who wins, Radford school board election will complete turnover on board" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-706x706.jpg 706w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools.jpg 1536w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="107166" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/23/no-matter-who-wins-radford-school-board-election-will-complete-turnover-on-board/radford_city_schools/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools.jpg" data-orig-size="1536,1536" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="radford_city_schools" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Radford City Schools. Courtesy of Radford City Schools. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-300x300.jpg?crop=1" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/radford_city_schools-1024x1024.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/23/no-matter-who-wins-radford-school-board-election-will-complete-turnover-on-board/" rel="bookmark">No matter who wins, Radford school board election will complete turnover on board</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/steve-hemphill/">Steve Hemphill</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-23T04:05:00">October 23, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-21T22:03:46-04:00">October 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="106620" class="category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/17/3-candidates-vie-for-2-seats-on-bristol-school-board/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="3 candidates vie for 2 seats on Bristol School Board" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="106674" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/17/3-candidates-vie-for-2-seats-on-bristol-school-board/img_6081-1/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 11","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1728396843","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00042408821034775","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="bristol schools administration building" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Bristol school administration building. Photo by Susan Cameron.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6081-1-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/17/3-candidates-vie-for-2-seats-on-bristol-school-board/" rel="bookmark">3 candidates vie for 2 seats on Bristol School Board</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/cameron-susan/">Susan Cameron</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-17T04:05:00">October 17, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-16T22:28:20-04:00">October 16, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="106585" class="category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/16/danville-school-board-candidates-cite-student-performance-and-accreditation-as-key-issues/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Danville school board candidates cite student performance and accreditation as key issues" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="106583" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/dps-central-office-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1695118928","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="dps central office 2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Danville Public Schools serves over 5,600 students across 13 schools. Photo by Grace Mamon.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dps-central-office-2-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/16/danville-school-board-candidates-cite-student-performance-and-accreditation-as-key-issues/" rel="bookmark">Danville school board candidates cite student performance and accreditation as key issues</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/grace-mamon-2/">Grace Mamon</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-16T04:15:00">October 16, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-15T23:14:39-04:00">October 15, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/ECONOMY/">eCONOMY</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="110931" class="category-economy type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/as-apple-and-cherry-trees-burst-with-blooms-months-ahead-of-schedule-climate-experts-sound-a-warning/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="As apple and cherry trees burst with blooms months ahead of schedule, climate experts sound a warning" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="110932" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/as-apple-and-cherry-trees-burst-with-blooms-months-ahead-of-schedule-climate-experts-sound-a-warning/11-1-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,2236" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1732021133","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="apple blossoms" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Part-time employees Dylan House and Matt Cassin, and volunteer Annabelle Muriano, help out at Kelly Ridge Farms in Meadowview. The farm is affiliated with Tumbling Creek Cider in Abingdon. Courtesy of Tom McMullen.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-300x262.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-1-1024x894.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/as-apple-and-cherry-trees-burst-with-blooms-months-ahead-of-schedule-climate-experts-sound-a-warning/" rel="bookmark">As apple and cherry trees burst with blooms months ahead of schedule, climate experts sound a warning</a></h3> <p>Southwest Virginia orchard owners have seen handfuls of autumn blossoms pop open in years past. But early blossoming is occurring more frequently, and experts blame increasingly warmer weather.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/lindsey-hull/">Lindsey Hull</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T04:45:00">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-20T21:18:19-05:00">November 20, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="111060" class="category-economy category-lynchburg-area type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/lynchburg-nonprofit-receives-1-25-million-from-bezos-foundation-to-battle-homelessness/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Lynchburg nonprofit receives $1.25 million from Bezos foundation to battle homelessness" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="111064" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/s-house-photo/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1363" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"ODD + EVEN","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"\u00a9 2024 ODD + EVEN, all rights reserved.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Miriam_House" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Miriam’s House celebrated their 30th anniversary at their annual luncheon in May 2024.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Miriams-House-photo-1024x682.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/lynchburg-nonprofit-receives-1-25-million-from-bezos-foundation-to-battle-homelessness/" rel="bookmark">Lynchburg nonprofit receives $1.25 million from Bezos foundation to battle homelessness</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/samantha-verrelli/">Samantha Verrelli</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T04:10:00">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-20T21:53:08-05:00">November 20, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="111069" class="category-economy type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/va-regulators-ok-smaller-rate-hike-for-appalachian-power/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Va. regulators OK smaller rate hike for Appalachian Power" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="111071" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/va-regulators-ok-smaller-rate-hike-for-appalachian-power/powerlines-1-scaled/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="powerlines-1-scaled" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The State Corporation Commission on Wednesday approved a much smaller rate increase than what Appalachian Power had initially requested. Photo by Matt Busse.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/powerlines-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/va-regulators-ok-smaller-rate-hike-for-appalachian-power/" rel="bookmark">Va. regulators OK smaller rate hike for Appalachian Power</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/matt-busse/">Matt Busse</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T04:05:00">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T08:05:43-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110305" class="category-economy type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/virginia-tech-team-receives-11-million-to-lead-carbon-storage-project/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="Virginia Tech team receives $11 million to lead carbon storage project" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="76663" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/03/26/botetourt-county-plant-to-showcase-lower-carbon-cement-in-61-7-million-energy-department-bid/attachment/1000001837/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837.jpg" data-orig-size="1597,870" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="roanoke cement" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Roanoke Cement Co. in Botetourt County. Photo by Dwayne Yancey.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-300x163.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1000001837-1024x558.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/15/virginia-tech-team-receives-11-million-to-lead-carbon-storage-project/" rel="bookmark">Virginia Tech team receives $11 million to lead carbon storage project</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/tad-dickens/">Tad Dickens</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-15T04:45:00">November 15, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-14T21:20:34-05:00">November 14, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/opinion/">OPinion</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="111037" class="category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/how-roanoke-elected-its-first-republican-to-city-council-in-24-years/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="How Roanoke elected its first Republican to city council in 24 years" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal-800x600.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal-600x450.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal-400x300.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal-200x150.jpeg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="111109" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/how-roanoke-elected-its-first-republican-to-city-council-in-24-years/hagen_horizontal/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal.jpeg" data-orig-size="1506,1551" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 12 Pro","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1645184252","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="hagen_horizontal" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Nick Hagen</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal-291x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hagen_horizontal-994x1024.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/how-roanoke-elected-its-first-republican-to-city-council-in-24-years/" rel="bookmark">How Roanoke elected its first Republican to city council in 24 years</a></h3> <p>Nick Hagen will be the first Republican on council since Ralph Smith and Bill Carder were elected in 2000.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/dwayneyancey/">Dwayne Yancey</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T04:15:00">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T08:57:25-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="110904" class="category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/harris-carried-7-house-of-delegates-districts-now-represented-by-republicans/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Harris carried 8 House of Delegates districts now represented by Republicans" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-150x150.jpeg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-800x800.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-600x600.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-400x400.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-200x200.jpeg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-300x300.jpeg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-100x100.jpeg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="80338" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/04/17/in-a-bipartisan-move-youngkin-and-democrats-agree-to-take-the-state-budget-back-to-the-drawing-board/image_20240417_164121_579/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-scaled.jpeg" data-orig-size="2560,1816" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="house of delegates" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The House of Delegates in session. Speaker Don Scott presides. Photo by Markus Schmidt.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-300x213.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image_20240417_164121_579-1024x726.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/harris-carried-7-house-of-delegates-districts-now-represented-by-republicans/" rel="bookmark">Harris carried 8 House of Delegates districts now represented by Republicans</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/dwayneyancey/">Dwayne Yancey</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-20T04:15:00">November 20, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T14:49:28-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110767" class="category-migration-trends category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/new-census-data-shows-a-switch-more-people-are-now-moving-into-virginia-than-out/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="New census data shows a switch: More people are now moving into Virginia than out" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="71398" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/02/21/some-counties-in-southwest-virginia-have-seeing-a-big-influx-of-newcomers-others-arent/population-changes-map/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map.jpg" data-orig-size="2400,1472" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="population changes map" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>This map shows which localities are seeing more people move in than move out since the last census. Note that localities gaining newcomers might still lose population overall because deaths might outnumber births and net in-migration. Data source: Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, the University of Virginia.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-300x184.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/population-changes-map-1024x628.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/new-census-data-shows-a-switch-more-people-are-now-moving-into-virginia-than-out/" rel="bookmark">New census data shows a switch: More people are now moving into Virginia than out</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/dwayneyancey/">Dwayne Yancey</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T04:15:00">November 19, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-19T08:52:37-05:00">November 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110734" class="category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/four-country-songs-with-surprisingly-progressive-lyrics/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="4 country songs with surprisingly progressive lyrics" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="15921" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2022/06/22/meet-rural-virginias-unofficial-delegate/reid/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.6","credit":"","camera":"LM-G710VM","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1655735826","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.03","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="reid" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Del. David Reid, D-Loudoun County, at Radford Coffee. Photo by Dwayne Yancey.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reid-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/four-country-songs-with-surprisingly-progressive-lyrics/" rel="bookmark">4 country songs with surprisingly progressive lyrics</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/david-reid/">David Reid</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T04:00:00">November 19, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-18T20:56:23-05:00">November 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/health-care/">Health Care</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="110586" class="category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/18/with-opioid-settlement-money-at-100-million-this-year-it-still-takes-extra-effort-to-create-safe-spaces-for-pregnant-women-to-recover-from-addiction-in-virginia/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="With opioid settlement money at $100 million this year, it still takes extra effort to create safe spaces for pregnant women to recover from addiction in Virginia" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-706x530.jpg 706w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="108663" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/grove-on-patterson-01/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D850","caption":"Ali Hamed-Moore, Chief of Compliance at Anderson Treatment, (left) and Isabel Thornton, Executive Director at Restoration Housing, walk through construction at The Grove on Patterson, which is set to open in 2025. Photo by Natalee Waters","created_timestamp":"1729275783","copyright":"","focal_length":"19","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Grove on Patterson 01" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Ali Hamed-Moore, chief of compliance at Anderson Treatment (left), and Isabel Thornton, executive director at Restoration Housing, walk through construction at The Grove on Patterson, which is set to open in 2025. Photo by Natalee Waters.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grove-on-Patterson-01-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/18/with-opioid-settlement-money-at-100-million-this-year-it-still-takes-extra-effort-to-create-safe-spaces-for-pregnant-women-to-recover-from-addiction-in-virginia/" rel="bookmark">With opioid settlement money at $100 million this year, it still takes extra effort to create safe spaces for pregnant women to recover from addiction in Virginia</a></h3> <p>The most effective way to get pregnant women into drug treatment is to offer inpatient services that provide child care, experts say. Only two such facilities exist in Virginia; another will open in Roanoke next year.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/emily-schabacker/">Emily Schabacker</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-18T04:45:00">November 18, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-18T11:21:17-05:00">November 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="110591" class="category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/18/why-is-it-so-hard-to-use-opiate-settlement-funds-in-rural-communities/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="200" height="200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/opioid-abatement-200x200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-tiny size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny wp-post-image" alt="Why is it so hard to use opiate settlement funds in rural communities?" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/opioid-abatement-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/opioid-abatement-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/opioid-abatement-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="72269" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/02/26/danville-pittsylvania-drug-court-gets-funding-from-virginia-opioid-abatement-authority/opioid-abatement/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/opioid-abatement.jpg" data-orig-size="225,212" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="opioid abatement" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Logo for the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/opioid-abatement.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/opioid-abatement.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/18/why-is-it-so-hard-to-use-opiate-settlement-funds-in-rural-communities/" rel="bookmark">Why is it so hard to use opiate settlement funds in rural communities?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/emily-schabacker/">Emily Schabacker</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-18T04:10:00">November 18, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-18T11:47:25-05:00">November 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="109887" class="tag-in-depth1 category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/11/in-rural-virginia-pregnant-women-fighting-addiction-find-no-help/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="‘Please let this be the last time’: Pregnant women battling addiction in Southwest Virginia face barriers to care despite available funds" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="108675" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/miracle-hawkinberry-02/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1949" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D850","caption":"Miracle Hawkinberry gives her daughter Honey Stacy, 14 months, a snack while they take shelter from the heat in a parking area during the 2nd Annual Family Agriculture Day at the Grundy Community Center recently. Miracle's son Chevy Miller is in the background. Photo by Natalee Waters","created_timestamp":"1728147979","copyright":"","focal_length":"26","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Miracle Hawkinberry 02" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Miracle Hawkinberry gives her daughter Honey Stacy, 14 months, a snack while they take shelter from the heat in a parking area during the Family Agriculture Day at the Grundy Community Center recently. Miracle’s son Chevy Miller is in the background. Photo by Natalee Waters.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-300x228.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Miracle-Hawkinberry-02-1024x779.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/11/in-rural-virginia-pregnant-women-fighting-addiction-find-no-help/" rel="bookmark">‘Please let this be the last time’: Pregnant women battling addiction in Southwest Virginia face barriers to care despite available funds</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/emily-schabacker/">Emily Schabacker</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-11T04:45:00">November 11, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-15T12:34:48-05:00">November 15, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="109903" class="category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/11/tennessee-health-care-company-pledges-to-restore-hospital-services-to-patrick-county/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Tennessee health care company pledges to restore hospital services to Patrick County" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="11831" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2022/04/14/new-healthcare-provider-to-take-over-closed-hospital-in-patrick-county/patrick_hospital2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/patrick_hospital2.jpg" data-orig-size="2016,1512" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="patrick hospital" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The hospital in Patrick County, as seen in spring 2022. 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Farm-to-table conference scheduled for Dec. 5-6.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/cardinal-staff/">Cardinal Staff</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T03:45:00">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T21:01:44-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="111150" class="category-news-briefs type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/virginia-house-lawmakers-lay-potential-legislative-groundwork-in-response-to-campus-protests-more/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Virginia House lawmakers lay potential legislative groundwork in response to campus protests; more …" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="72537" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/02/27/general-assemby-passes-bills-to-protect-period-tracker-data/state-capitol01/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"BOB BROWN","camera":"X-Pro2","caption":"VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL FEB. 2024","created_timestamp":"1708439702","copyright":"BOB BROWN","focal_length":"12","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.011764705882353","title":"STATE CAPITOL01","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="STATE CAPITOL01" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Virginia State Capitol. Photo by Bob Brown.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL01-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/virginia-house-lawmakers-lay-potential-legislative-groundwork-in-response-to-campus-protests-more/" rel="bookmark">Virginia House lawmakers lay potential legislative groundwork in response to campus protests; more …</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/cardinal-staff/">Cardinal Staff</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T03:40:00">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T21:43:28-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="111027" class="category-news-briefs type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/111027/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Washington County supervisors look to revisit solar energy regulations; more …" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="12014" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2022/04/19/is-virginia-at-a-solar-crossroads/052421_scotsolar_0200/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200.jpg" data-orig-size="2500,1667" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="052421_ScotSolar_0200" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A Dominion Energy solar farm in Powhatan County. Courtesy of Dominion Energy.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/052421_ScotSolar_0200-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/21/111027/" rel="bookmark">Washington County supervisors look to revisit solar energy regulations; more …</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/cardinal-staff/">Cardinal Staff</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T03:45:00">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-20T20:56:00-05:00">November 20, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110887" class="category-news-briefs type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/floydfest-books-govt-mule-travelin-mccourys-maggie-rose-more/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="FloydFest books Gov’t Mule, Travelin’ McCourys, Maggie Rose; more …" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="110895" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/photo_govt-mule/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule.jpg" data-orig-size="2426,1365" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="floydfest-GovtMule-jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>FloydFest has announced that Gov’t Mule is among the headliners for its July 23-27 festival in Check. Courtesy of Across-the-Way Productions.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PHOTO_Govt-Mule-1024x576.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/floydfest-books-govt-mule-travelin-mccourys-maggie-rose-more/" rel="bookmark">FloydFest books Gov’t Mule, Travelin’ McCourys, Maggie Rose; more …</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/cardinal-staff/">Cardinal Staff</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-20T03:45:00">November 20, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-19T20:31:31-05:00">November 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/sports/">Sports</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="110807" class="category-sports type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/18/four-defending-state-champions-remain-in-the-hunt-after-first-week-of-vhsl-football-playoffs/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-800x600.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="4 defending state champions remain in the hunt after first week of VHSL football playoffs" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-attachment-id="46263" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2023/06/06/vhsl-tournament-brackets-for-spring-sports/vhsl_logo_new/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,840" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="vhsl_logo_new" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Virginia High School League logo.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-300x210.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-1024x717.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/18/four-defending-state-champions-remain-in-the-hunt-after-first-week-of-vhsl-football-playoffs/" rel="bookmark">4 defending state champions remain in the hunt after first week of VHSL football playoffs</a></h3> <p>2023 champs Liberty Christian, Maury, Phoebus and Radford remain in contention. </p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/robert-anderson/">Robert Anderson</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-18T17:45:10">November 18, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T22:33:10-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="110047" class="category-sports type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/10/vhsl-football-playoff-pairings-announced-2/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="VHSL football playoff pairings announced" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="46263" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2023/06/06/vhsl-tournament-brackets-for-spring-sports/vhsl_logo_new/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,840" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="vhsl_logo_new" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Virginia High School League logo.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-300x210.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-1024x717.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/10/vhsl-football-playoff-pairings-announced-2/" rel="bookmark">VHSL football playoff pairings announced</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/robert-anderson/">Robert Anderson</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-10T21:00:00">November 10, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-14T23:13:20-05:00">November 14, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="109369" class="category-sports type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/06/vhsl-points-liberty-christian-graham-and-rye-cove-have-already-clinched-top-seeds/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="VHSL points: Liberty Christian, Graham and Rye Cove have already clinched top seeds" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="46263" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2023/06/06/vhsl-tournament-brackets-for-spring-sports/vhsl_logo_new/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,840" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="vhsl_logo_new" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Virginia High School League logo.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-300x210.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-1024x717.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/06/vhsl-points-liberty-christian-graham-and-rye-cove-have-already-clinched-top-seeds/" rel="bookmark">VHSL points: Liberty Christian, Graham and Rye Cove have already clinched top seeds</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/robert-anderson/">Robert Anderson</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-06T04:00:00">November 6, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-05T20:03:39-05:00">November 5, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="108187" class="category-sports type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/29/four-new-teams-move-into-no-1-in-vhsl-ratings-abingdon-clarke-county-dinwiddie-and-riverbend/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="4 new teams move into No. 1 in VHSL ratings: Abingdon, Clarke County, Dinwiddie and Riverbend" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="46263" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2023/06/06/vhsl-tournament-brackets-for-spring-sports/vhsl_logo_new/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,840" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="vhsl_logo_new" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Virginia High School League logo.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-300x210.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/vhsl_logo_new-1024x717.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/29/four-new-teams-move-into-no-1-in-vhsl-ratings-abingdon-clarke-county-dinwiddie-and-riverbend/" rel="bookmark">4 new teams move into No. 1 in VHSL ratings: Abingdon, Clarke County, Dinwiddie and Riverbend</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/robert-anderson/">Robert Anderson</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-29T04:00:00">October 29, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-28T22:49:59-04:00">October 28, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/local/">Local</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="111139" class="category-local category-martinsville-area type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/martinsville-continues-work-on-flood-mitigation-plans/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Martinsville continues work on flood mitigation plans" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="111149" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/flood/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1441" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Galaxy A14 5G","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1732192331","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.98","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.003","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Flood" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The possibility of Jones Creek flooding is a scenario being considered as the city firms up its flooding plans. Photo by Dean-Paul Stephens.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Flood-1024x576.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/22/martinsville-continues-work-on-flood-mitigation-plans/" rel="bookmark">Martinsville continues work on flood mitigation plans</a></h3> <p>While the Martinsville-Henry County area was largely spared from the impacts of Hurricane Helene, that won’t always be the case, the city’s emergency management coordinator warned.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/dean-paul-stephens/">Dean-Paul Stephens</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T04:05:00">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T22:20:27-05:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="110929" class="category-local type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/water-advocate-champions-change-for-a-henry-county-neighborhood-long-dependent-on-wells/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Water advocate champions change for a Henry County neighborhood long dependent on wells" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="108281" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/1000002026/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1441" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Galaxy A14 5G","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1726052702","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.98","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.041","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="henry water 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Curtis Millner checks the water at First Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Henry County. Photo by Dean-Paul Stephens.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1000002026-1024x576.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/20/water-advocate-champions-change-for-a-henry-county-neighborhood-long-dependent-on-wells/" rel="bookmark">Water advocate champions change for a Henry County neighborhood long dependent on wells</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/dean-paul-stephens/">Dean-Paul Stephens</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-20T04:45:00">November 20, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-19T23:28:03-05:00">November 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110770" class="tag-danville category-danville-area category-local type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/agenda-danville-council-eyes-grants-and-bonds-to-improve-infrastructure/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Agenda Danville: Council eyes grants and bonds to improve infrastructure" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="25320" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2022/10/31/danville-is-largest-city-in-virginia-without-a-woman-on-council-two-candidates-aim-to-change-that/danville-city-hall/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.6","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1666621288","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.1","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.00014499057561259","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="danville city hall" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Danville City Hall. Photo by Grace Mamon.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/danville-city-hall-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/agenda-danville-council-eyes-grants-and-bonds-to-improve-infrastructure/" rel="bookmark">Agenda Danville: Council eyes grants and bonds to improve infrastructure</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/grace-mamon-2/">Grace Mamon</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T04:06:00">November 19, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-18T18:14:51-05:00">November 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="110775" class="tag-agenda tag-martinsville category-local category-martinsville-area type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/agenda-martinsville-health-transportation-flooding-among-topics-to-be-discussed-tuesday/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Agenda Martinsville: Health transportation, flooding among topics to be discussed Tuesday " data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="76815" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/03/27/martinsville-embarks-on-study-of-its-budget-process/1511-1/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1441" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Galaxy A14 5G","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1710508094","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.98","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.007","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="martinsville sign" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p> Photo by Dean-Paul Stephens.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1511-1-1024x576.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/19/agenda-martinsville-health-transportation-flooding-among-topics-to-be-discussed-tuesday/" rel="bookmark">Agenda Martinsville: Health transportation, flooding among topics to be discussed Tuesday </a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/dean-paul-stephens/">Dean-Paul Stephens</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-19T04:03:00">November 19, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-18T21:04:10-05:00">November 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/cardinal-news-250-2/">Cardinal 250</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="104958" class="category-cardinal-news-250 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/susanna-bolling-revolutionary-heroine-fact-or-myth/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="600" height="450" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bolling-1-600x450.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image" alt="16-year-old Susanna Bolling, Revolutionary heroine: fact or myth?" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bolling-1-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bolling-1-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bolling-1-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" data-attachment-id="109922" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/susanna-bolling-revolutionary-heroine-fact-or-myth/bolling-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bolling-1.jpg" data-orig-size="695,635" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="bolling" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The cover of a book about Susanna Bolling. Did she really save Lafayette? There are few facts to support the legend.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bolling-1-300x274.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bolling-1.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/susanna-bolling-revolutionary-heroine-fact-or-myth/" rel="bookmark">16-year-old Susanna Bolling, Revolutionary heroine: fact or myth?</a></h3> <p>Did a 16-year-old Hopewell girl save Lafayette in 1781? If so, her trail has gone cold.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/randy-walker/">Randy Walker</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-12T13:00:00">November 12, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-12T16:35:18-05:00">November 12, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-1 is-square has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="110167" class="category-cardinal-news-250 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/podcast-on-the-legend-of-susanna-bolling/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="400" height="400" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee-400x400.png?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-small size-newspack-article-block-square-small wp-post-image" alt="Podcast on the legend of Susanna Bolling" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee-400x400.png?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee-150x150.png?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee-200x200.png?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee-300x300.png?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee-100x100.png?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="110168" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/podcast-on-the-legend-of-susanna-bolling/ep9libbymcnamee/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee.png" data-orig-size="1051,481" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Ep9LibbyMcnamee" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Cardinal’s Dutchie Jessee, left, with Libby McNamee, author of a book about Susanna Bolling. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee-300x137.png" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ep9LibbyMcnamee-1024x469.png" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/podcast-on-the-legend-of-susanna-bolling/" rel="bookmark">Podcast on the legend of Susanna Bolling</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/dutchiecardinalnews-org/">Dutchie Jessee</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-12T12:55:00">November 12, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-12T21:10:54-05:00">November 12, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="91815" class="category-cardinal-news-250 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/augusta-county-man-helped-negotiate-first-formal-u-s-treaty-with-native-americans/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Shenandoah Valley man helped negotiate first formal U.S. treaty with Native Americans" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="108935" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/augusta-county-man-helped-negotiate-first-formal-u-s-treaty-with-native-americans/img_9781/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"9","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL T3","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1714676710","copyright":"","focal_length":"24","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_9781" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Thomas Lewis died Jan. 31, 1790, at his residence, Lynnwood in Rockingham County, on the<br /> Shenandoah River, about three miles from Port Republic at age 71. The “History of Augusta<br /> County, Virginia” states, “In his will he fixed the place on his own estate where he wished to be<br /> buried, and desired that the burial service might be read from the Book of Common Prayer by<br /> his friend, Peachy Gilmer.”He died of a cancer in the face. Photo by Eric Gorton.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9781-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/augusta-county-man-helped-negotiate-first-formal-u-s-treaty-with-native-americans/" rel="bookmark">Shenandoah Valley man helped negotiate first formal U.S. treaty with Native Americans</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://cardinalnews.org/author/eric-gorton/">Eric Gorton</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-12T12:47:00">November 12, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-12T08:26:31-05:00">November 12, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="109884" class="category-cardinal-news-250 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/dispatch-from-1774-colonies-convene-a-congress-vote-to-boycott-british-goods/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="600" height="600" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The_First_Continental_Congress_1774-600x600.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-square-intermediate wp-post-image" alt="Dispatch from 1774: Colonies convene a Congress, vote to boycott British goods" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The_First_Continental_Congress_1774-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The_First_Continental_Congress_1774-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The_First_Continental_Congress_1774-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The_First_Continental_Congress_1774-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The_First_Continental_Congress_1774-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The_First_Continental_Congress_1774-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="109888" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/11/12/dispatch-from-1774-colonies-convene-a-congress-vote-to-boycott-british-goods/the_first_continental_congress_1774/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The_First_Continental_Congress_1774.jpg" data-orig-size="1280,722" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="The_First_Continental_Congress,_1774" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A mural of the First Continental Congress that is displayed in the U.S. Capitol. 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