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.entry-wrapper .more-link,.wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-meta{font-size: 0.8em;}</style> <div data-posts data-current-post-id="866"> <article data-post-id="128258" class="category-economy category-red-bird-stories type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/energy-demand-will-outstrip-supply-in-virginia-as-data-centers-proliferate/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/data-center-loudoun-substation-1-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Energy demand will outstrip supply in Virginia as data centers proliferate" data-hero-candidate="1" loading="none" fetchpriority="high" 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data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Large substations, like this one, are needed in Northern Virginia to meet the energy demands of the data center industry. Photo by Grace Mamon. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/data-center-loudoun-substation-1-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/data-center-loudoun-substation-1-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/red-bird-stories/">Redbird</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/energy-demand-will-outstrip-supply-in-virginia-as-data-centers-proliferate/" rel="bookmark">Energy demand will outstrip supply in Virginia as data centers proliferate</a></h2> <p>Data center-driven demand is expected to double in a decade and continue rising. Experts are raising the alarm.</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/tad-dickens/">Tad Dickens</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-11T04:45:00">April 11, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-10T21:00:24-04:00">April 10, 2025</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="128373" class="category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/averett-president-resigns-after-3-months-leading-financially-strapped-university/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Averett president resigns after 3 months leading financially strapped university" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="119370" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/david-joyce-averett/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1919" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1738237081","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="david joyce averett" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>David Joyce was selected as the new president for Averett University after former president Tiffany Franks retired in 2024. Photo by Grace Mamon.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-joyce-averett-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/education/">Education</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/averett-president-resigns-after-3-months-leading-financially-strapped-university/" rel="bookmark">Averett president resigns after 3 months leading financially strapped university</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/lisa-rowan/">Lisa Rowan</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-11T12:31:46">April 11, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-11T12:31:55-04:00">April 11, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <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="128262" class="category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/is-trump-setting-stage-to-challenge-virginias-clean-economy-act-5-takeaways-from-his-push-to-boost-coal/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Is Trump setting stage to challenge Virginia’s Clean Economy Act? 5 takeaways from his push to boost coal." data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="6904" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2022/01/26/i-cant-make-the-town-stay-there/coal-tipple/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"Moto E (4)","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1642595193","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.2","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="coal tipple" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>While there are no mines operating in Lee County, trucks hauling coal from Kentucky still make use of the remaining tipples in the area.<br /> Photo by Megan Schnabel</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coal-tipple-1024x768.jpg" /> </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/2025/04/11/is-trump-setting-stage-to-challenge-virginias-clean-economy-act-5-takeaways-from-his-push-to-boost-coal/" rel="bookmark">Is Trump setting stage to challenge Virginia’s Clean Economy Act? 5 takeaways from his push to boost coal.</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="2025-04-11T04:15:00">April 11, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-10T21:13:59-04:00">April 10, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="128305" class="category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/health-department-seeks-answers-for-elevated-carbon-monoxide-levels-among-some-covington-residents/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Health department seeks answers for elevated carbon monoxide levels among some Covington residents" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="128306" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/health-department-seeks-answers-for-elevated-carbon-monoxide-levels-among-some-covington-residents/cynthia-morrow-1/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-scaled.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":"1"}" data-image-title="Cynthia Morrow 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>RCAHD Health Director Cynthia Morrow speaks during a press conference on Thursday at Covington’s First Christian Church as Alleghany Highlands Public Schools superintendent Kim Halterman and Christopher Chapman of ECS Mid-Atlantic listen on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Photo by Steve Hemphill</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cynthia-Morrow-1-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/category/health-care/">Health Care</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/health-department-seeks-answers-for-elevated-carbon-monoxide-levels-among-some-covington-residents/" rel="bookmark">Health department seeks answers for elevated carbon monoxide levels among some Covington residents</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="2025-04-11T04:10:00">April 11, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-11T09:19:27-04:00">April 11, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <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="127567" class="category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/funerals-cannot-be-rural-virginias-leadership-development-strategy/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Funerals cannot be rural Virginia’s leadership development strategy" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127568" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/funerals-cannot-be-rural-virginias-leadership-development-strategy/farmville-chamber-awards/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,989" 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="Farmville Chamber Awards" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>From left: At the Farmville Chamber awards ceremony, Den Cralle, who accepted the Business of the Year award on behalf of Green Front Furniture, the family-owned company he now leads as president; Sheri McGuire, who was honored with the Career Achievement Award for her lasting impact on the region to support small businesses; Ilsa Loeser of Letterpress Communications; and Doug Stanley, Prince Edward County administrator, who received the Citizen of the Year award for his commitment to fostering leadership. Courtesy of Ilsa Loeser.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-300x116.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Farmville-Chamber-Awards-1024x396.jpg" /> </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/2025/04/11/funerals-cannot-be-rural-virginias-leadership-development-strategy/" rel="bookmark">Funerals cannot be rural Virginia’s leadership development strategy</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/ilsa-loeser1/">Ilsa Loeser</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-11T04:00:00">April 11, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-11T08:53:37-04:00">April 11, 2025</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 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="128172" class="category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/democrats-confirm-two-house-primaries-in-southwest-and-southside-republicans-set-for-three/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Democrats confirm two House primaries in Southwest and Southside; Republicans set for three" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="72538" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/02/27/general-assemby-passes-bills-to-protect-period-tracker-data/state-capitol02/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1641" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"BOB BROWN","camera":"X-T2","caption":"VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL FEB. 2024","created_timestamp":"1708434402","copyright":"BOB BROWN","focal_length":"70","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"STATE CAPITOL02","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="STATE CAPITOL02" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The State Capitol. Photo by Bob Brown.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-300x192.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/STATE-CAPITOL02-1024x656.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/democrats-confirm-two-house-primaries-in-southwest-and-southside-republicans-set-for-three/" rel="bookmark">Democrats confirm two House primaries in Southwest and Southside; Republicans set for three</a></h3> <p>This year’s election is taking shape as parties release list of candidates who have qualified for the June 17 ballot. </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="2025-04-10T03:58:00">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T23:07:04-04:00">April 9, 2025</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="127242" class="category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/a-small-town-near-the-state-line-appears-to-be-a-mecca-for-cannabis-lovers/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-1200x1200.png?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="A small town near the state line appears to be a hot spot for cannabis lovers" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-1200x1200.png?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-150x150.png?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-800x800.png?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-600x600.png?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-400x400.png?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-200x200.png?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-300x300.png?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-100x100.png?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127593" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/a-small-town-near-the-state-line-appears-to-be-a-mecca-for-cannabis-lovers/zarati-shop/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop.png" 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="Zarati Shop" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>This strip mall just outside Weber City has two cannabis shops. Photo by Jeff Lester.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-300x225.png" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zarati-Shop-1024x768.png" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/a-small-town-near-the-state-line-appears-to-be-a-mecca-for-cannabis-lovers/" rel="bookmark">A small town near the state line appears to be a hot spot for cannabis lovers</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/jeff-lester/">Jeff Lester</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-07T04:45:00">April 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-06T15:38:32-04:00">April 6, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127595" class="category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/trump-administration-rescinds-500000-epa-grant-to-fund-a-community-project-helping-5-southwest-virginia-communities/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-800x800.png?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="Trump administration rescinds $500,000 EPA grant to fund a community project helping 5 Southwest Virginia communities" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-800x800.png?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-150x150.png?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-600x600.png?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-400x400.png?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-200x200.png?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-300x300.png?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-100x100.png?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127521" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/community-strong-meeting-in-pennington-gap/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap.png" data-orig-size="1333,908" 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="Community strong meeting in Pennington Gap" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Pennington Gap residents attend a resiliency mapping exercise that’s part of Appalachian Voices’ Community Strong program. Courtesy of Appalachian Voices.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-300x204.png" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Community-strong-meeting-in-Pennington-Gap-1024x698.png" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/trump-administration-rescinds-500000-epa-grant-to-fund-a-community-project-helping-5-southwest-virginia-communities/" rel="bookmark">Trump administration rescinds $500,000 EPA grant to fund a community project helping 5 Southwest Virginia 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/cameron-susan/">Susan Cameron</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-07T04:10:00">April 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-06T20:51:02-04:00">April 6, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127662" class="category-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/05/austin-draws-a-primary-challenger-three-republican-house-primaries-set-in-southwest-and-southside/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="400" height="400" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion-400x400.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-small size-newspack-article-block-square-small wp-post-image" alt="Chase falls short; Earle-Sears declared Republican nominee for governor, setting up fall campaign against Spanberger" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="44579" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/17/advice-for-the-next-candidates-for-governor/executive_mansion/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion.jpg" data-orig-size="640,480" 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="executive_mansion" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Virginia’s executive mansion. Courtesy of Leonard Woody.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/executive_mansion.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/05/austin-draws-a-primary-challenger-three-republican-house-primaries-set-in-southwest-and-southside/" rel="bookmark">Chase falls short; Earle-Sears declared Republican nominee for governor, setting up fall campaign against Spanberger</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="2025-04-05T14:00:00">April 5, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-06T20:56:09-04:00">April 6, 2025</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="127606" class="tag-agenda tag-henry-county category-local category-martinsville-area type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/agenda-henry-county-supervisors-to-delve-deeper-into-proposed-budget/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-1200x900.png?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Agenda Henry County: Supervisors to delve deeper into proposed budget" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-1200x900.png?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-300x225.png 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-1024x768.png 1024w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-768x576.png 768w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-1536x1152.png 1536w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-2048x1536.png 2048w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-800x600.png?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-600x450.png?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-400x300.png?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-200x150.png?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-500x375.png 500w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-1280x960.png 1280w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-2000x1500.png 2000w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-780x585.png 780w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-706x530.png 706w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="127976" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/agenda-henry-county-supervisors-to-delve-deeper-into-proposed-budget/henry-county/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County.png" 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="Henry County" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Henry County Logo</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-300x225.png" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Henry-County-1024x768.png" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/agenda-henry-county-supervisors-to-delve-deeper-into-proposed-budget/" rel="bookmark">Agenda Henry County: Supervisors to delve deeper into proposed budget</a></h3> <p>County staff have managed to produce a balanced preliminary budget with no tax increase, but that could change as supervisors hash out the details.</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="2025-04-08T04:03:00">April 8, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T11:20:22-04:00">April 8, 2025</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="127753" class="tag-franklin-county category-local type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/agenda-franklin-tax-adjustments-the-focus-of-public-hearings-on-april-8/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="Agenda Franklin County: Tax adjustments the focus of public hearings Tuesday" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127941" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/agenda-franklin-tax-adjustments-the-focus-of-public-hearings-on-april-8/franklin_county_courthouse_rocky_mount_virginia/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia.jpg" data-orig-size="1280,960" 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_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Franklin County Courthouse. Courtesy of Marmeduke Percy. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Franklin_County_Courthouse_Rocky_Mount_Virginia-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/agenda-franklin-tax-adjustments-the-focus-of-public-hearings-on-april-8/" rel="bookmark">Agenda Franklin County: Tax adjustments the focus of public hearings 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/cardinal-staff/">Cardinal Staff</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-08T04:02:00">April 8, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T08:01:56-04:00">April 8, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127617" class="tag-agenda tag-danville category-danville-area category-local type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/agenda-danville-resident-wants-to-open-24-hour-child-care-facility-to-help-meet-local-demand/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Agenda Danville: Resident wants to open 24-hour child care facility to help meet local demand" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127562" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/kidzplay-danville/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1743770240","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="kidzplay danville" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Kidzplay would be located in a currently vacant building near the casino resort in Danville. Photo by Grace Mamon.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kidzplay-danville-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/agenda-danville-resident-wants-to-open-24-hour-child-care-facility-to-help-meet-local-demand/" rel="bookmark">Agenda Danville: Resident wants to open 24-hour child care facility to help meet local demand</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="2025-04-07T04:05:00">April 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-06T14:50:49-04:00">April 6, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127626" class="tag-agenda tag-russell-county category-local type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/agenda-russell-county-an-update-on-the-long-awaited-salmon-farm-is-back-on-the-agenda-for-mondays-board-of-supervisors-meeting/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Agenda Russell County: An update on the long-awaited salmon farm is back on the agenda for Monday’s board of supervisors meeting" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="79406" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/04/11/work-on-long-awaited-southwest-virginia-salmon-farm-to-resume-in-june/salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 11","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1708434287","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00032","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Salmon farm site shot 02202024" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Pure Salmon site, as seen in February. The company expects to resume work in June. Photo by Susan Cameron. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-farm-site-shot-02202024-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/agenda-russell-county-an-update-on-the-long-awaited-salmon-farm-is-back-on-the-agenda-for-mondays-board-of-supervisors-meeting/" rel="bookmark">Agenda Russell County: An update on the long-awaited salmon farm is back on the agenda for Monday’s board of supervisors meeting</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="2025-04-07T04:05:00">April 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-06T14:34:16-04:00">April 6, 2025</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="128035" class="category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/orphaned-bear-cub-rescued-in-wythe-county-last-spring-has-been-released-back-into-the-wild/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="800" height="600" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-released-comparison-shot-800x600.png?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Double Green heads back to the woods, a year older and 170 pounds heavier" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-released-comparison-shot-800x600.png?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-released-comparison-shot-600x450.png?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-released-comparison-shot-400x300.png?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-released-comparison-shot-200x150.png?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-attachment-id="128039" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/bear-released-comparison-shot/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-released-comparison-shot.png" data-orig-size="1200,630" 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="bear released comparison shot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Double Green, left, as he appeared soon after he was admitted to the Wildlife Center of Virginia, and right, as he looked just before his release. Courtesy of the Wildlife Center of Virginia.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-released-comparison-shot-300x158.png" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-released-comparison-shot-1024x538.png" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/orphaned-bear-cub-rescued-in-wythe-county-last-spring-has-been-released-back-into-the-wild/" rel="bookmark">Double Green heads back to the woods, a year older and 170 pounds heavier</a></h3> <p>The bear, who was rescued from a brush fire in Wythe County, is now a yearling who weighs a “whopping” 176 pounds.</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/cameron-susan/">Susan Cameron</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T04:45:00">April 9, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T20:58:54-04:00">April 8, 2025</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="124289" class="category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/the-first-black-woman-to-author-a-cookbook-in-the-u-s-was-from-virginia/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="The first Black woman to author a cookbook in the U.S. lived in Virginia many years" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="128014" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/the-first-black-woman-to-author-a-cookbook-in-the-u-s-was-from-virginia/cook_cropped/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped.jpg" data-orig-size="1557,1115" 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="cook_cropped" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>From the cover of Malinda Russell’s cookbook. Courtesy of David Winship.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-300x215.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cook_cropped-1024x733.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/the-first-black-woman-to-author-a-cookbook-in-the-u-s-was-from-virginia/" rel="bookmark">The first Black woman to author a cookbook in the U.S. lived in Virginia many years</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-winship1/">David Winship</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T04:11:00">April 9, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T21:34:19-04:00">April 8, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127905" class="category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/historic-marker-would-tell-the-story-of-roanoke-ophthalmology-pioneer-elbyrne-gill/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Historic marker would tell the story of Roanoke ophthalmology pioneer Elbyrne Gill " data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127985" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2007-53-59-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1474,1600" 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="Elbyrne Grady Gill" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Elbyrne Grady Gill started the first specialty hospital and the first eye bank in Virginia. The Gill Memorial Hospital opened in Roanoke in 1926. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Western Virginia.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-276x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2007.53.59-1-943x1024.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/historic-marker-would-tell-the-story-of-roanoke-ophthalmology-pioneer-elbyrne-gill/" rel="bookmark">Historic marker would tell the story of Roanoke ophthalmology pioneer Elbyrne Gill </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="2025-04-09T04:05:00">April 9, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T21:53:12-04:00">April 8, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127256" class="category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/an-architectural-gem-in-smyth-county-once-was-used-to-store-farm-equipment-now-the-famous-octagon-house-is-coming-back-to-life/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="An architectural gem in Smyth County once was used to store farm equipment. Now the famous Octagon House is coming back to life." data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127803" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/an-architectural-gem-in-smyth-county-once-was-used-to-store-farm-equipment-now-the-famous-octagon-house-is-coming-back-to-life/16-3/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.4","credit":"","camera":"SM-G960U","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1591467737","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.3","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0015527950310559","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="16" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Octagon House Board of Directors and volunteers. Courtesy of the Octagon House Foundation.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/an-architectural-gem-in-smyth-county-once-was-used-to-store-farm-equipment-now-the-famous-octagon-house-is-coming-back-to-life/" rel="bookmark">An architectural gem in Smyth County once was used to store farm equipment. Now the famous Octagon House is coming back to life.</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/carolyn-wilson/">Carolyn Wilson</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-08T04:10:00">April 8, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-07T18:33:32-04:00">April 7, 2025</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-4 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="128242" class="category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/visas-revoked-for-9-people-at-virginia-tech/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Visas revoked for 9 people at Virginia Tech" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="128321" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/visas-revoked-for-9-people-at-virginia-tech/dsc_0063/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"22","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D3400","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1744306431","copyright":"","focal_length":"36","iso":"220","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="DSC_0063" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Student protesters march at Virginia Tech on Thursday. Photo by Wilbert Ramirez.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC_0063-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/visas-revoked-for-9-people-at-virginia-tech/" rel="bookmark">Visas revoked for 9 people at Virginia Tech</a></h3> <p>The federal termination impacts three undergrads, four graduate students and two alumni.</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> and <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="2025-04-10T11:56:38">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-10T22:52:49-04:00">April 10, 2025</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="128162" class="category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/covington-middle-school-parents-file-suit-over-carbon-monoxide-ask-that-building-be-closed/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Covington Middle School parents file suit over carbon monoxide, ask that building be closed" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="124654" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/covington-ms-1/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1.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":"1"}" data-image-title="Covington MS – 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Covington Middle School closed for six weeks after it was evacuated on Jan. 31. Photo by Steve Hemphill.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Covington-MS-1-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/covington-middle-school-parents-file-suit-over-carbon-monoxide-ask-that-building-be-closed/" rel="bookmark">Covington Middle School parents file suit over carbon monoxide, ask that building be closed</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="2025-04-10T04:10:00">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T22:05:48-04:00">April 9, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="128152" class="category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/averett-university-sues-former-cfo-investment-firm-over-withdrawals-from-endowment/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Averett University sues former CFO, investment firm over withdrawals from endowment" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-1200x1200.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-150x150.jpeg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-800x800.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-600x600.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-400x400.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-200x200.jpeg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-300x300.jpeg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-100x100.jpeg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="92069" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/05/averett-cuts-employee-pay-after-unauthorized-endowment-withdrawals-led-to-financial-shortfall/image_20240705_145837_081/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-scaled.jpeg" 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":"1"}" data-image-title="Averett University campus" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Averett University is a private school in Danville. Courtesy of Averett.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-300x200.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Image_20240705_145837_081-1024x683.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/averett-university-sues-former-cfo-investment-firm-over-withdrawals-from-endowment/" rel="bookmark">Averett University sues former CFO, investment firm over withdrawals from endowment</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/lisa-rowan/">Lisa Rowan</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-10T04:05:00">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T19:09:14-04:00">April 9, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127572" class="category-education type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/04/virginia-techs-cultural-centers-will-remain-open-while-future-of-living-learning-communities-is-in-discussions-after-boards-dei-vote-president-says/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Virginia Tech’s cultural centers will remain open, while future of living-learning communities is in discussions after board’s DEI vote, president says" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127573" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/img_3225/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1742904759","copyright":"","focal_length":"1.57","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00077399380804954","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Virginia Tech protest March 2025 BOV" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Protestors at Virginia Tech held signs including one asking, “Why the cultural centers?” ahead of a board of visitors meeting on March 25. The board approved a resolution requiring the university to eliminate its diversity, equity and inclusion office, which left some members of the campus community concerned about the fate of student groups, cultural centers and living-learning communities. Photo by Lisa Rowan.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3225-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/04/virginia-techs-cultural-centers-will-remain-open-while-future-of-living-learning-communities-is-in-discussions-after-boards-dei-vote-president-says/" rel="bookmark">Virginia Tech’s cultural centers will remain open, while future of living-learning communities is in discussions after board’s DEI vote, president says</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/lisa-rowan/">Lisa Rowan</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-04T14:19:31">April 4, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-04T20:18:59-04:00">April 4, 2025</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="128251" class="category-economy type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/food-banks-brace-for-continued-usda-funding-cuts/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Food banks brace for continued USDA funding cuts" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="128001" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/pantry/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-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":"1743692516","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.98","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.049","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Pantry" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Martinsville Uptown Ministries Pastor Faith Weedling, food bank co-director Lina Adams and associate pastor Steve Weedling fill up a box in their storeroom. Photo by Dean-Paul Stephens.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pantry-1024x576.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/food-banks-brace-for-continued-usda-funding-cuts/" rel="bookmark">Food banks brace for continued USDA funding cuts</a></h3> <p>Feeding America Southwest Virginia, which works with more than 300 local programs, relies on the USDA for almost a third of its food.</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="2025-04-11T04:00:00">April 11, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-10T19:39:18-04:00">April 10, 2025</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="128146" class="tag-data-centers category-economy category-red-bird-stories type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/data-centers-can-bring-high-paying-jobs-and-millions-in-tax-revenue-is-that-what-southside-will-get/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-1200x1200.png?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Data centers can bring high-paying jobs and millions in tax revenue. Is that what Southside will get?" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-1200x1200.png?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-150x150.png?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-800x800.png?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-600x600.png?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-400x400.png?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-200x200.png?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-300x300.png?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-100x100.png?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="128147" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/data-centers-can-bring-high-paying-jobs-and-millions-in-tax-revenue-is-that-what-southside-will-get/data-centers-economic-impact-1-1/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1.png" 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="Data Centers Economic Impact (1) (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Data centers can bring millions of dollars in tax revenues and good-paying jobs to communities. But some in Southside remain skeptical of the promises. Illustration by Zachary Shelton.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-300x225.png" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Data-Centers-Economic-Impact-1-1-1024x768.png" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/data-centers-can-bring-high-paying-jobs-and-millions-in-tax-revenue-is-that-what-southside-will-get/" rel="bookmark">Data centers can bring high-paying jobs and millions in tax revenue. Is that what Southside will get?</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="2025-04-10T04:45:00">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T21:57:03-04:00">April 9, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127866" class="category-economy type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/08/appalachian-power-proposes-shared-solar-minimum-bill/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Appalachian Power proposes shared solar minimum bill" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127526" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/dsc01054-1/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01054-1-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"18","credit":"","camera":"ILCE-7RM5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1715225798","copyright":"","focal_length":"150","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Dimension Energy Prince Edward" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A Dimension Energy project in Prince Edward County. 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Glenn Youngkin speaks at the Patton Logistics announcement in Pulaski County. 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Engraving by W.D. 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Photo by Mark D. Robertson.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lynchburg_r1-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lynchburg_r1-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/lynchburg-republicans-file-suit-to-challenge-state-law-requiring-primaries/" rel="bookmark">Lynchburg Republicans file suit to challenge state law requiring primaries</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="2025-04-09T04:10:00">April 9, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T21:51:02-04:00">April 8, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127944" class="category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/this-trade-war-will-crush-virginias-farmers/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="This trade war will crush Virginia’s farmers" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="105148" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/cattle-solar-5/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-scaled.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="cattle solar 5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A cow at the Spring Garden farm in Chatham. Photo by Matt Busse.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cattle-solar-5-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/this-trade-war-will-crush-virginias-farmers/" rel="bookmark">This trade war will crush Virginia’s farmers</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/william-krist/">William Krist</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T04:00:00">April 9, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T17:34:21-04:00">April 8, 2025</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="128167" class="category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/uva-opens-outpatient-transplant-clinic-in-wytheville-as-carilion-awaits-state-decision-on-roanoke-kidney-transplant-program/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="UVa opens outpatient transplant clinic in Wytheville, as Carilion awaits state decision on Roanoke kidney transplant program" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="128169" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/uva-opens-outpatient-transplant-clinic-in-wytheville-as-carilion-awaits-state-decision-on-roanoke-kidney-transplant-program/uva-hospital-exteriors/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital.jpg" data-orig-size="2400,1600" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"13","credit":"University of Virginia Health Sy","camera":"NIKON D3X","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1446508800","copyright":"University of Virginia Health System","focal_length":"14","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"1.6","title":"UVA Hospital Exteriors","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="UVA Hospital Exteriors" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Patients will be able to receive some pre- and post-transplant care at UVa’s new clinic in Wytheville but will still have to travel to UVA University Hospital (pictured) for transplants and some follow-up care. Courtesy of UVa.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uva-hospital-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/uva-opens-outpatient-transplant-clinic-in-wytheville-as-carilion-awaits-state-decision-on-roanoke-kidney-transplant-program/" rel="bookmark">UVa opens outpatient transplant clinic in Wytheville, as Carilion awaits state decision on Roanoke kidney transplant program</a></h3> <p>The new clinic expands access to pre- and post-transplant care in Southwest Virginia, though patients will still need to travel to Charlottesville for surgery and some follow-up care.</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="2025-04-10T04:00:00">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T22:22:23-04:00">April 9, 2025</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="126569" class="tag-midwives category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/31/a-new-state-law-could-help-nurse-midwives-alleviate-virginias-maternity-care-shortages-will-hospitals-resist-the-change/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="A new state law could help nurse midwives alleviate Virginia’s maternity care shortages. Will hospitals resist the change?" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="125965" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2019-liz-cook-photography-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"Liz Cook","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark IV","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1557308664","copyright":"Liz Cook Photography","focal_length":"35","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.005","title":"\u00a9 2019 Liz Cook Photography","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Ashley Venable, certified nurse midwife" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Ashley Venable, a certified nurse midwife, works with a patient at a Centra Health facility in Virginia in 2019. Courtesy of Liz Cook Photography. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CMG-Midwives-2019-0142-1-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/31/a-new-state-law-could-help-nurse-midwives-alleviate-virginias-maternity-care-shortages-will-hospitals-resist-the-change/" rel="bookmark">A new state law could help nurse midwives alleviate Virginia’s maternity care shortages. Will hospitals resist the change?</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="2025-03-31T04:45:00">March 31, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-31T09:45:54-04:00">March 31, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="124521" class="category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/13/tom-robertson-former-carilion-ceo-who-helped-lead-roanokes-transformation-into-a-medical-hub-dies-at-81/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="200" height="200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tom-Robertson-300_0-2-200x200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-tiny size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny wp-post-image" alt="Tom Robertson, former Carilion CEO who helped lead Roanoke’s transformation into a medical hub, dies at 81" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tom-Robertson-300_0-2-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tom-Robertson-300_0-2-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tom-Robertson-300_0-2-298x300.jpg 298w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tom-Robertson-300_0-2-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="124570" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/13/tom-robertson-former-carilion-ceo-who-helped-lead-roanokes-transformation-into-a-medical-hub-dies-at-81/thomas-l-robertson-succeeded-william-h-flannagan-in-1986-pg-62-3/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tom-Robertson-300_0-2.jpg" data-orig-size="298,383" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"Thomas L. Robertson succeeded William H. Flannagan in 1986. He retired January 15, 2000.","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"1986","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Thomas L. Robertson succeeded William H.\nFlannagan in 1986. [pg. 62]","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Thomas L. Robertson succeeded William H.Flannagan in 1986. [pg. 62]" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Tom Robertson, former president and CEO of Carilion Clinic, died March 7. He was 81 years old. Courtesy of Carilion. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tom-Robertson-300_0-2-233x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tom-Robertson-300_0-2.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/13/tom-robertson-former-carilion-ceo-who-helped-lead-roanokes-transformation-into-a-medical-hub-dies-at-81/" rel="bookmark">Tom Robertson, former Carilion CEO who helped lead Roanoke’s transformation into a medical hub, dies at 81</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="2025-03-13T04:10:00">March 13, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-12T21:45:33-04:00">March 12, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="123919" class="category-health-care type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/07/veterans-raise-concerns-that-va-cuts-will-hurt-their-health-care/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Veterans raise concerns that VA cuts will hurt their health care" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="123815" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/20250305_145001/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"Galaxy S24","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1741186201","copyright":"","focal_length":"2.2","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Salem VA townhall meeting" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Veterans convened at the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center town hall meeting on Wednesday, directing their questions to Rebecca Stackhouse, the facility’s medical director. Photo by Emily Schabacker.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305_145001-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/07/veterans-raise-concerns-that-va-cuts-will-hurt-their-health-care/" rel="bookmark">Veterans raise concerns that VA cuts will hurt their health care</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="2025-03-07T04:45:00">March 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-07T14:45:44-05:00">March 7, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wp-block-columns is-style-borders is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 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/news-briefs/">news briefs</a></span> </h2> <article data-post-id="128271" class="category-news-briefs type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/headlines-from-across-the-state-solar-projects-pulled-for-redesign-no-vote-in-prince-edward-more/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Headlines from across the state: Solar projects pulled for redesign, no vote in Prince Edward; more …" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="104636" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/solar-panels/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1706" 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="Solar panels" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Solar panels in Halifax County. Photo by Matt Busse.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/solar-panels-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/11/headlines-from-across-the-state-solar-projects-pulled-for-redesign-no-vote-in-prince-edward-more/" rel="bookmark">Headlines from across the state: Solar projects pulled for redesign, no vote in Prince Edward; more …</a></h3> <p>From elsewhere: Virginia coffee roasters face higher costs under Trump tariffs. Virginia Court of Appeals rules in Prince Edward flagpole case. Alleghany County names its next administrator.</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="2025-04-11T03:45:00">April 11, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-10T14:54:38-04:00">April 10, 2025</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="128131" class="category-news-briefs type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/state-approves-historical-marker-on-lewis-clark-role-in-botetourt-county/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="State approves historical marker on Lewis & Clark role in Botetourt County" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="128132" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/state-approves-historical-marker-on-lewis-clark-role-in-botetourt-county/lewis_and_clark-expedition/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition.jpg" data-orig-size="1280,1001" 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="Lewis_and_clark-expedition" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p> Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia by Charles Marion Russell. Courtesy of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-300x235.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lewis_and_clark-expedition-1024x801.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/state-approves-historical-marker-on-lewis-clark-role-in-botetourt-county/" rel="bookmark">State approves historical marker on Lewis & Clark role in Botetourt County</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="2025-04-10T03:55:00">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T20:49:35-04:00">April 9, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="128156" class="category-news-briefs type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/headlines-from-across-the-state-uva-students-visa-revoked-as-trump-deportations-expand-to-college-campuses-more/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Headlines from across the state: UVa student’s visa revoked as Trump deportations expand to college campuses; more …" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="125675" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/24/headlines-from-around-the-state-john-casteen-iii-former-uva-president-and-father-of-the-modern-university-dies-more/rotunda-and-lawn-aug-2016-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Dan Addison\/U.Va. University Com","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1470924187","copyright":"\u00a92015 University of Virginia","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Rotunda and Lawn Aug 2016","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Rotunda and Lawn Aug 2016" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Rotunda at the University of Virginia. Courtesy of the University of Virginia.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/uva-rotunda-2-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/headlines-from-across-the-state-uva-students-visa-revoked-as-trump-deportations-expand-to-college-campuses-more/" rel="bookmark">Headlines from across the state: UVa student’s visa revoked as Trump deportations expand to college campuses; 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="2025-04-10T03:45:00">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T20:04:23-04:00">April 9, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="128004" class="category-news-briefs type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/headlines-from-across-the-state-franklin-county-family-places-150-acres-in-conservation-easement-more/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="400" height="400" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited-400x400.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-small size-newspack-article-block-square-small wp-post-image" alt="Headlines from across the state: Franklin County family places 150 acres in conservation easement; more …" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="58150" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/cardinal-news-2l-3/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited.jpg" data-orig-size="1473,571" 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="Cardinal-News-2L" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited-300x116.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cardinal-News-2L-edited-1024x397.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/headlines-from-across-the-state-franklin-county-family-places-150-acres-in-conservation-easement-more/" rel="bookmark">Headlines from across the state: Franklin County family places 150 acres in conservation easement; 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="2025-04-09T03:45:00">April 9, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T17:23:14-04:00">April 8, 2025</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="127418" class="category-sports type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/04/once-there-were-no-women-on-the-field-in-professional-bseball-now-amanda-kamekona-is-a-hitting-coach-for-the-lynchburg-hillcats/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Once there were no women on the field in professional baseball. Now Amanda Kamekona is a hitting coach for the Lynchburg Hillcats." data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="127433" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/04/once-there-were-no-women-on-the-field-in-professional-bseball-now-amanda-kamekona-is-a-hitting-coach-for-the-lynchburg-hillcats/attachment/3953274116382313737/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1882" 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="3953274116382313737" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Amanda Kamekona. Photo by Robert Anderson.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737-300x276.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3953274116382313737-1024x941.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/04/once-there-were-no-women-on-the-field-in-professional-bseball-now-amanda-kamekona-is-a-hitting-coach-for-the-lynchburg-hillcats/" rel="bookmark">Once there were no women on the field in professional baseball. Now Amanda Kamekona is a hitting coach for the Lynchburg Hillcats.</a></h3> <p>She is in her third year with the Cleveland Guardians organization. Her manager calls her “truly impressive.”</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="2025-04-04T04:45:00">April 4, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-06T11:03:53-04:00">April 6, 2025</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="124743" class="category-sports type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/13/central-wise-girls-win-state-basketball-championship-graham-william-fleming-fall/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" 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: George Wythe boys and girls win state championships; so do Central-Wise and Lord Botetourt girls" 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/2025/03/13/central-wise-girls-win-state-basketball-championship-graham-william-fleming-fall/" rel="bookmark">VHSL: George Wythe boys and girls win state championships; so do Central-Wise and Lord Botetourt girls</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="2025-03-13T21:51:55">March 13, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-16T14:24:19-04:00">March 16, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="124516" class="category-sports type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/13/five-years-ago-the-vhsl-basketball-tournament-ended-with-a-secret-meeting-in-the-mens-room/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Five years ago, the VHSL basketball tournament ended with a secret meeting in the men’s room" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="124524" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/13/five-years-ago-the-vhsl-basketball-tournament-ended-with-a-secret-meeting-in-the-mens-room/attachment/1269449110754553288/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1536" 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="-1269449110754553288" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Lord Botetourt girls basketball coach Renee Favaro (left) talks with Maggie Hoover (center) and Abby Kingery of the current team. Lord Boteourt plays James Monroe High School of Fredericksburg on Saturday for the Class 3 championship. Photo by Robert Anderson.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1269449110754553288-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/13/five-years-ago-the-vhsl-basketball-tournament-ended-with-a-secret-meeting-in-the-mens-room/" rel="bookmark">Five years ago, the VHSL basketball tournament ended with a secret meeting in the men’s room</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="2025-03-13T04:45:00">March 13, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-13T08:28:07-04:00">March 13, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="122645" class="category-sports type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/11/malcolm-mitchell-reached-the-pinnacle-of-the-nfl-then-he-turned-his-energy-to-sharing-his-other-joy-reading/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="800" height="800" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-800x800.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-medium size-newspack-article-block-square-medium wp-post-image" alt="Malcolm Mitchell reached the pinnacle of the NFL, then he turned his energy to sharing his other joy: reading" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="122647" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/11/malcolm-mitchell-reached-the-pinnacle-of-the-nfl-then-he-turned-his-energy-to-sharing-his-other-joy-reading/malcolm-mitchell-1-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,960" 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="Malcolm Mitchell 1 (2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Former NFL player Malcolm Mitchell, now an author and literacy advocate who travels around the country, speaks to students at Totaro Elementary in Brunswick County.<br /> Courtesy of Beth Raney, James Solomon Russell/Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-300x141.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Malcolm-Mitchell-1-2-1024x480.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/11/malcolm-mitchell-reached-the-pinnacle-of-the-nfl-then-he-turned-his-energy-to-sharing-his-other-joy-reading/" rel="bookmark">Malcolm Mitchell reached the pinnacle of the NFL, then he turned his energy to sharing his other joy: reading</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/bill-lohmann/">Bill Lohmann</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-11T04:10:00">March 11, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-10T20:56:31-04:00">March 10, 2025</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="128183" class="category-southwest-virginia-flooding category-weather type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/disaster-declaration-covers-17-virginia-localities-with-16-more-still-under-review/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Disaster declaration covers 17 Virginia localities, with 16 more still under review" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="121648" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/buchanan-county-flood-2/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"LAT Images","camera":"ILCE-7M3","caption":"A car drives through a puddle of muddy water after flood waters rushed through Hurley, VA and the surrounding area the weekend of February 18, 2025.(Ben Earp\/Ben Earp Photography)","created_timestamp":"1739807306","copyright":"\u00a9 2025 Ben Earp","focal_length":"191","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"Buchanan County Flood","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Buchanan County Flood" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A car drives through mud left behind by receding floodwaters in Hurley. Photo by Ben Earp/Ben Earp Photography.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0358-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/disaster-declaration-covers-17-virginia-localities-with-16-more-still-under-review/" rel="bookmark">Disaster declaration covers 17 Virginia localities, with 16 more still under review</a></h3> <p>The declaration opens up federal aid for recovery efforts. But so far, only money for repairing public facilities and infrastructure has been approved.</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/cameron-susan/">Susan Cameron</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-10T04:02:00">April 10, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T21:41:10-04:00">April 9, 2025</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="128062" class="category-weather type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/with-a-touch-of-april-chill-one-last-look-back-at-winter-including-the-snowfall-contest/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="With a touch of April chill, one last look back at winter, including the snowfall contest" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="128064" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/with-a-touch-of-april-chill-one-last-look-back-at-winter-including-the-snowfall-contest/1blacksburgfieldsnow/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-scaled.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="1BlacksburgFieldSnow" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>It’s only been six weeks since this pasture along Southgate Drive in Blacksburg looked this wintry in late February. Winter has not made a substantial return in March nor is it likely to in April, despite some chilly mornings this week. Photo by Kevin Myatt.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1BlacksburgFieldSnow-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/09/with-a-touch-of-april-chill-one-last-look-back-at-winter-including-the-snowfall-contest/" rel="bookmark">With a touch of April chill, one last look back at winter, including the snowfall 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/kevin-myatt/">Kevin Myatt</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T16:00:00">April 9, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T17:07:48-04:00">April 9, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127579" class="category-southwest-virginia-flooding category-weather type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/04/trump-approves-disaster-declaration-for-southwest-virginia-communities-hit-by-february-flooding/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Trump approves disaster declaration for Southwest Virginia communities hit by February flooding" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="121651" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/buchanan-county-flood-5/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"10","credit":"LAT Images","camera":"ILCE-7M3","caption":"A citizen of Hurley, VA walks across a bridge covered in debris from flood waters created by Knox Creek. Much of Buchanan County Virginia experienced massive flooding the weekend of February 18, 2025. (Ben Earp\/Ben Earp Photography)","created_timestamp":"1739803696","copyright":"\u00a9 2025 Ben Earp","focal_length":"127","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0015625","title":"Buchanan County Flood","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Buchanan County Flood" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A resident of Hurley walks across a bridge over Knox Creek that’s jammed with debris deposited by floodwaters. Photo by Ben Earp/Ben Earp Photography.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/25BE_0295-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/04/trump-approves-disaster-declaration-for-southwest-virginia-communities-hit-by-february-flooding/" rel="bookmark">Trump approves disaster declaration for Southwest Virginia communities hit by February flooding</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> and <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="2025-04-04T15:01:34">April 4, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-04T21:34:14-04:00">April 4, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="127221" class="category-weather type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/02/what-makes-a-thunderstorm-severe/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="What makes a thunderstorm ‘severe’?" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="127222" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/02/what-makes-a-thunderstorm-severe/1tanglewoodstorm0331/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-scaled.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="1TanglewoodStorm0331" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Stormy clouds mark the outflow of a fairly weak squall line as it passes over the Tanglewood Mall area of Roanoke County on Monday, March 31. Photo by Kevin Myatt.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1TanglewoodStorm0331-1024x768.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/02/what-makes-a-thunderstorm-severe/" rel="bookmark">What makes a thunderstorm ‘severe’?</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/kevin-myatt/">Kevin Myatt</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-02T16:00:00">April 2, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-02T12:03:47-04:00">April 2, 2025</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="126362" class="category-cardinal-news-250 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/27/ken-burns-gives-sneak-peek-of-new-documentary-on-american-revolution-in-williamsburg-no-story-more-important-than-this-one/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Ken Burns gives sneak peek of new documentary on American Revolution: ‘No story more important . . . than this one’" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-1200x900.jpeg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-800x600.jpeg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-600x450.jpeg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-400x300.jpeg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-200x150.jpeg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="126370" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/27/ken-burns-gives-sneak-peek-of-new-documentary-on-american-revolution-in-williamsburg-no-story-more-important-than-this-one/burns_horizontal/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-scaled.jpeg" data-orig-size="2517,2560" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"Brendan Sostak","camera":"Canon EOS R5","caption":"2025 VA 250 Conference. Williamsburg Lodge, Virginia Room. An interview with Ken Burns, Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker, interviewed by Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO, National Constitution Center.","created_timestamp":"1742907813","copyright":"\u00a9The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","focal_length":"200","iso":"1250","shutter_speed":"0.003125","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="burns_horizontal" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Ken Burns speaks at the 2025 “A Common Cause for All”<br /> planning event held at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation March<br /> 23-25, 2025.<br /> Courtesy of Brendon Sostak, The Colonial Williamsburg<br /> Foundation.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-295x300.jpeg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/burns_horizontal-1007x1024.jpeg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/27/ken-burns-gives-sneak-peek-of-new-documentary-on-american-revolution-in-williamsburg-no-story-more-important-than-this-one/" rel="bookmark">Ken Burns gives sneak peek of new documentary on American Revolution: ‘No story more important . . . than this one’</a></h3> <p>The six-part documentary will debut in November on PBS. Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. </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/brandy-centolanza/">Brandy Centolanza</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-27T04:10:00">March 27, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-27T14:50:26-04:00">March 27, 2025</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="120543" class="category-cardinal-news-250 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/the-other-lafayette-an-enslaved-man-who-spied-for-the-french-general-adopted-his-surname-but-then-was-denied-his-promised-freedom/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="The ‘other’ Lafayette: An enslaved man who spied for the French general, adopted his surname but then was denied his promised freedom" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="123442" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/the-other-lafayette-an-enslaved-man-who-spied-for-the-french-general-adopted-his-surname-but-then-was-denied-his-promised-freedom/d2017-dlv-0919-0012_large-jpg-digital-publication/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"2017 The Colonial Williamsburg F","camera":"","caption":"Interpreter Stephen Seals, portraying Nation Builder James Armistead Lafayette, poses by a window in the Magazine. September 19, 2017","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large jpg (Digital Publication)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Interpreter Stephen Seals, portraying Nation Builder James Armistead Lafayette, poses by a window in the Magazine. Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D2017-DLV-0919-0012_Large-jpg-Digital-Publication-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/the-other-lafayette-an-enslaved-man-who-spied-for-the-french-general-adopted-his-surname-but-then-was-denied-his-promised-freedom/" rel="bookmark">The ‘other’ Lafayette: An enslaved man who spied for the French general, adopted his surname but then was denied his promised freedom</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/ben-swenson/">Ben Swenson</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-18T13:00:00">March 18, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-16T15:08:29-04:00">March 16, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="120754" class="category-cardinal-news-250 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/patrick-henrys-give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death-speech-celebrates-its-250th-anniversary/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Patrick Henry’s ‘Give me liberty or give me death!’ speech celebrates its 250th anniversary" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="121628" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/patrick-henrys-give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death-speech-celebrates-its-250th-anniversary/patrick-henry-give-me-liberty/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D5300","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1690132281","copyright":"","focal_length":"85","iso":"4000","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Patrick Henry Give me liberty" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Actor Chris Dunn portrays Patrick Henry during a reenactment at St. John’s Church. Courtesy of St. John’s Church Foundation. </p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Patrick-Henry-Give-me-liberty-1024x683.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/patrick-henrys-give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death-speech-celebrates-its-250th-anniversary/" rel="bookmark">Patrick Henry’s ‘Give me liberty or give me death!’ speech celebrates its 250th anniversary</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/stephen-wilson/">Stephen Wilson</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-18T12:55:00">March 18, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-15T12:42:23-04:00">March 15, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="124909" class="category-cardinal-news-250 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/patrick-henrys-words-have-echoed-through-the-centuries-and-around-the-world/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="1200" src="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-square-large size-newspack-article-block-square-large wp-post-image" alt="Patrick Henry’s words have echoed through the centuries, and around the world" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-1200x1200.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-150x150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-800x800.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-600x600.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-400x400.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-200x200.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-300x300.jpg?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-100x100.jpg?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="124912" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/patrick-henrys-words-have-echoed-through-the-centuries-and-around-the-world/steve_aaron/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1660" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"SM-S901U","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1741980315","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.4","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="steve_aaron" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Steve Aaron portrays Patrick Henry during a re-enactment of his “give me liberty or give me death” speech in Botetourt County. Photo by Dwayne Yancey.</p> " data-medium-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-300x194.jpg" data-large-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/steve_aaron-1024x664.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/patrick-henrys-words-have-echoed-through-the-centuries-and-around-the-world/" rel="bookmark">Patrick Henry’s words have echoed through the centuries, and around the world</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/brandy-centolanza/">Brandy Centolanza</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-18T12:45:00">March 18, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-16T15:47:38-04:00">March 16, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="124774" class="category-cardinal-news-250 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200w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Patrick-Henry-zoom-shot-300x300.png?crop=1 300w, https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Patrick-Henry-zoom-shot-100x100.png?crop=1 100w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="124775" data-permalink="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/18/podcast-about-patrick-henrys-famous-give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death-speech/patrick-henry-zoom-shot/" data-orig-file="https://cardinalnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Patrick-Henry-zoom-shot.png" data-orig-size="1032,482" 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 Henry zoom shot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Cardinal podcast host Dutchie Jessee with Stephen Wilson.</p> " 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