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The Piedmont News: August 29, 2025
Top Stories: Google Google everywhere, Gigaland on ice, SNAP benefits in the crosshairs, solar takes off…in Africa and PEC wants Virginians to have a smarter digital future
The Piedmont News: August 22, 2025
Top Stories: Gigaland developers ask for more time, Dominion asks for higher rates, PWC asks for a stay, Ai asks for ALL the money and RIP Great Salt Lake
The Piedmont News: August 15, 2025
Top Stories: Virginia tourism is up, fireflies are down, red spruces could be back, six planets align, data centers are “eating the economy,” and why Gigaland is a really bad idea
The Piedmont News: August 8, 2025
Top Stories: Climate class action, energy woes, renewables on life support and Digital Gateway gets the axe
The Piedmont News: July 25, 2025
Top Stories: Power plays, climate checks, gridlock and the Gray Ghost that wowed both coasts
The Piedmont News: July 18, 2025
Top Stories: Cuts galore, the scramble for solar, lions and ponies and flies
The Piedmont News: July 11, 2025
Top Stories: Data centers face pushback, clean energy tax credits face the axe, Shenandoah faces understaffing and a bald eagle soars again
The Piedmont News: July 4, 2025
Top Stories: Data center opposition, clean energy in the crosshairs, parks, birds and bears
