THE SANDLER CENTER IS YOUR DESTINATION FOR DISCOVERING GREAT, NEW ARTISTS! The beloved series is back. Warm up this winter in the Miller Studio by supporting locally curated artists Thursdays January through March. In collaboration with Paul Shugrue on 89.5 WHRV, this great after-work event is free and open to the public. It kicks off this Thursday,...
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Federal Agency Orders Halt to Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction
WASHINGTON—The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission late yesterday ordered the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline to halt construction activities along the entire 303-mile route of the project. FERC’s order is in response to a federal court staying key permits for the project last week until it can determine whether the project complies with the Endangered Species Act....
Virginia regulators to host hearing on electric grid plan
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s regulators want to hear from the public on Dominion Energy’s more than $3 billion plan to upgrade the state’s electric grid over the next decade. The State Corporation Commission said Monday that it will have a hearing open to public comment in January on plans by the state’s largest electric monopoly....
Virginia capital to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s capital city will recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, joining a shift away from a day traditionally reserved for honoring Christopher Columbus. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has asked city employees and residents to use Monday as an opportunity to reflect on the culture and heritage of native peoples and...
Don’t let Dominion give itself a pay raise
When Dominion Energy builds electric wires, transformers, and other grid infrastructure it passes on the cost of doing so to customers like you at a marked-up rate. This means the company is guaranteed a profit paid by its customers any time it builds something. Virginia’s State Corporation Commission has to review and approve the...
Teddy Bear, the porcupine, doesn’t like to share his corn on the cob
Teddy doesn't like to share his corn on the cob. Listen to his reaction when his mom tries to get him to share....
Water filters from Elon Musk being installed, tested in Flint Community Schools
FLINT (WJRT) (10/10/2019) - A $480,000 donation of water stations and filtration systems from billionaire inventor Elon Musk is coming to fruition for Flint Community Schools. The district currently is installing the equipment at Southwestern Classical Academy, which houses the district's high school students, and at Doyle/Ryder Elementary School. Two more units are being installed...
Stop fracked-gas pipelines in WV, VA, NC now!
Ella Rose lives in the blast zone of a massive, dangerous fracked-gas pipeline and compressor proposed just a few hundred feet from her home in a historic black community in rural Virginia. Paula and Herman Mann live in the blast zone of a different fracked-gas pipeline in West Virginia, and have been living with...
Ask Amazon to Reduce the Use of Plastic in their Packaging
While I've never been a big fan of Walmart and the like, big chain stores are beginning to look better when compared to the alternative; namely, Amazon. One of the main environmental concerns with Amazon, and other online outlets, is all of the packaging that's involved. Recently, Jimena Rodriguez started a petition on Change.org...
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, also called Newtown shootings of 2012, mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, that left 28 people dead and 2 injured. After murdering his mother at their home, Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School before taking his own life....