4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (181+ words) Robert Smith is a host for NPR's Planet Money where he tells stories about how the global economy is affecting our lives. If that sounds a little dry, then you've never heard Planet Money. The team specializes in making economic…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (639+ words) A solar project in Hanover County’s Beaverdam District is giving one family a way to preserve their farmland and bring a new lease on life to its legacy. The project developed by Charlottesville-based Hexagon Energy would use about 26 acres of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (623+ words) Luck Stone — a company that produces crushed stone, sand and gravel for construction projects in Greater Richmond — recently pulled plans to expand its network of quarry operations to Hanover County. Project Noel was scheduled for review on Sept. 12 by the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (395+ words) The produce aisle is changing. You’ve noticed this, I’m sure. It is now full of superstar fruits and vegetables: The Honeycrisp apple, The Cotton Candy grape, The Cuties mandarin orange. They stand out. They cost more. They have branding and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (980+ words) Lawmakers, water users and environmental advocates are all contending with the major finding of a recent state report — there’s not that much extra groundwater to go around east of Interstate 95. To be specific, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality believes…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (103+ words) E5 | Generator Hookup, Brick Lintel | Ask This Old House VPM E5 | Generator Hookup, Brick Lintel | Ask This Old House Heath installs a generator transfer switch; Mark fixes a faulty brick lintel repair. Heath Eastman assists a homeowner who wants to hook up…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (356+ words) Google announced this week it is putting up $10 million toward stormwater filtration systems in communities that have data centers. About $4.4 million of that donation is going to Frog Creek Partners, a Wyoming-based environmental technology company, that will build filtration systems…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (304+ words) BEIJING — Chinese property developer Hui Ka Yan, founder of the Evergrande real estate group, has been sentenced to life in prison and the companies fined a total of $2.3 billion, a court in the southern city of Shenzhen said Thursday. The…...