Latest News From WVTF
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Virginia Makes the Endangered Places List-Again
The Southern Environmental Law Center is out with its annual list of the ten most endangered places in our region, and three of them are in Virginia.
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HPV Debate in the Virginia House
Once again, a battle over requiring young girls to receive HPV vaccinations in Virginia took center stage with Republican Delegate Kathy Byron sponsoring a bill to repeal the mandate.
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Charlottesville Woman is a Traveling Poet
A vacation is supposed to be restful, but Ebony Walden's was not. The Charlottesville woman visited 17 countries in 8 months, writing 80 poems and a blog.
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A Senate Committee Considers Gun Legislation
Gun control advocates converged on the State Capitol to speak out against several bills that extend certain rights to firearms owners.
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