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Virginia ABC awards 10 grants to support alcohol education and prevention efforts

Ten community organizations across the state were recently awarded more than $83,000 in Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority education and prevention grants to help reduce underage and high-risk drinking. ....

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Virginia ABC announces grants to help fight underage, high-risk drinking

The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority recently awarded more than $83,000 in Education and Prevention grants. ....

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UK Appalachian Center Honors 7 Students With Annual Research Awards

Four graduate students received the James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, and two graduate students and one undergraduate student received the center's Eller and Billings Student Research Award. ....

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Horse Creek residents invited to share their stories with Tusculum team

Submitted by Jim Wozniak ....

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Thom Stevenson selected to lead new Patton College Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

The Patton College has implemented a new Diversity and Inclusion Committee that comprises membership and the vision previously addressed by three Patton College committees. ....

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