Top Stories: Virginia’s budget impasse; copperheads’ early arrival; drought and water supply problems; pollinator festival; Dominion-NextEra merger; Lake Anna discharge; and more

Top Stories: drought impacts across the region; grants and support for farmers; trail updates in Charlottesville, Sperryville; new transmission line routes; data center pushback and people impacts; coastal farmland loss; and more

Top stories: Wood turtles, summer birds, longleaf pines, and treasured views; barn owl livestream; Dominion’s first landfill-based solar facility; the Dominion/Next Era merger; more on the proposed energy superhighway; and more

Top stories: endangered historic places threatened by transmission line; utility mega-merger between Dominion and NextEra; keeping farmland in farming; and more

Top Stories: strawberry festival; practices to protect waterways; wild ramp season; data center polling, proposals, and rejections; Dominion’s landfill solar facility; affordable housing moves; and more

Top Stories: help for migrating birds; the fate of Oak Hill; submit your favorite scenic views; faith-based affordable housing; cattle grazing agrivoltaics; data center tax incentive and the Va. budget; and more

Top Stories: Potomac aquifer levels down; outdoor activities in Loudoun; Eugene Triplett honored; Va’s 250th celebration; meat processors losing power to data centers; data center noise, air quality and public health; Digital Gateway update; and more

Top Stories: Earth Month events in Clarke, Loudoun and Fauquier counties; bus service from Cville to Va Beach; Culpeper’s utility-scale solar proposal; data centers and the massive transmission line across the region; and more

Top Stories: Drought & fire advisories; Potomac River at risk; public health warnings on fish and data centers; farmer’s market season; data center lawsuits; transmission line decisions and reactions; and more