In the Virginia Press Association’s annual News and Advertising Contest, the Virginia Mercury’s 2023 reporting and columns earned eight awards, including three first place honors. The Mercury’s columnists also swept the online column writing category, winning first, second and third place awards. Hundreds of journalists, editors and advertising staff from newsroom across Virginia gathered at […] The post The Virginia Mercury earns eight Virginia Press Association awards appeared first on Virgini
RICHMOND — Those puddles of water along highways and property that seem like swamps are wetlands, a natural resource with numerous environmental benefits…
Those puddles of water along highways and property that seem like swamps are wetlands, a natural resource with numerous environmental benefits ranging from wildlife habitat and protection from flooding. How those wetlands are sited and how they are protected is determined by wetland delineators, who are professionally certified after rigorous training and years of experience. […] The post State rolling back regulations for wetland delineators under Youngkin directive appeared first on Virginia M
RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers put off a decision about conducting a study on whether menhaden are actually declining in the Chesapeake Bay until next year.
GLOUCESTER POINT — Following legislation this past session that required the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to determine how long a study on the Atlantic…