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Veterans with vision loss find new ‘eyes’ through AI glasses
10+ hour, 15+ min ago (1019+ words) Al Carr took small steps from his Lexington home’s back door, swaying a walking cane back and forth in front of him. The Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses he wore were doing a lot of work for him. A camera built…...
Data centers are drinking more water, but overall water use in Virginia has gone down anyway. Here are the numbers.
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (500+ words) Google’s annual environmental report lists the company’s water usage in two ways. There’s the conventional measure of how many million gallons per day, and then Google converts that into golf course equivalents. The point: Data centers are thirsty, but so…...
Danville Field Notes: Solar facility guidelines in Pittsylvania are now in line with new state regulations
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (836+ words) Hello and welcome back to Danville Field Notes, a rundown of recent news in Danville and Pittsylvania County. In this week’s column, I’m including an overview of a comprehensive plan amendment in Pittsylvania County, which moves siting guidelines for solar…...
Former Wallens Ridge correctional officer sentenced to prison for assaulting inmate
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (585+ words) A former state corrections officer was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison stemming from the 2022 assault of an inmate at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap. David McMurry, 52, pleaded guilty in June to a single misdemeanor charge…...
Canvas is back in the classroom despite security concerns following hack
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1026+ words) As students across Virginia return to class this month, thousands of them are again logging into the online education platform Canvas, despite a massive data breach earlier this year. In April, hackers breached Instructure, the company behind Canvas, which schools…...
Researcher: Buckingham will host more of this power line than any county in Virginia, and it has the least say about it
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (254+ words) Buckingham has no data center. It has none proposed. It does not appear in the statewide inventory of these facilities on either count, in any status. Now the part people find hard to believe, which is that nobody in Virginia…...
Special prosecutor: Martinsville investigation is ‘trudging along’ as interviews bring more details
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (338+ words) An investigation in Martinsville encompassing the entire city government is “trudging along,” as the Virginia State Police interviews witnesses and reviews financial records, said Gray Collins, the special prosecutor on the case. Collins — the Colonial Heights commonwealth’s attorney — and the…...
Virginia board approves ‘last resort’ fee increases for hunting, fishing, trapping licenses
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1032+ words) The Virginia Board of Wildlife Resources voted 6-4 on Thursday to approve fee increases for hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for the first time in 14 years. License prices were raised by the maximum amount required by law — roughly $5 to $20 depending on…...
Virginia has a new climate office. It’s at George Mason University. Here’s what it does.
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (480+ words) Botetourt County, amid much controversy over a data center coming to the county’s business park, has appointed a commission to study the county’s water supply. That would seem to lead to the question of where water ultimately comes from; the…...
‘The Black Belt of Virginia’ details untold African American history
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (586+ words) Danville native Jeff Bennett grew up hearing stories about his ancestry from his parents. His mother told him that he got his height — Bennett stands 6 feet, 3 inches tall — from his oldest known ancestor, Flem Adams Sr., who was born into…...