A violent windstorm scattered British flatboats on the York River more than 100 years before the term “derecho” would be coined to describe extreme squall lines.
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The event was very similar to the one in Boston, just on a smaller scale.
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Andrew Lewis helped lead Virginians to victory over the Shawnee in 1774 and later chased the royal governor out of Virginia but felt he wasn’t given his proper due.
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Continue ReadingUS Forest Service and conservation groups work to shore up and reopen national forests and assist nearby NC communities after Helene.
‘Just mayhem.’ Working to reopen national forests after Helene. is a story from Carolina Public Press, an…
Garrett Channell is executive director of the Salem History Museum and Historical Society.
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For much of 1774, Virginia was distracted from its conflicts with Britain by military action against the natives.
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Continue ReadingVice President Kamala Harris has zeroed in on former President Donald Trump’s comments suggesting that the U.S. military could potentially be used to deal with “the enemy from within,” referring to his political opponents. Harris called Trump a seriou…
Continue ReadingJonathan Odell writes on how the TV show “Bonanza” gave him a different outlook on segregation in Mississippi.
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Divided Americans are often described as living in different media bubbles. University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students listened to several radio hosts across the political spectrum to report on just how different those bubbles are.
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Josie Aslakson, Paralympic medalist and college basketball coach, wants to talk about music and poetry. Aslakson’s desk is scattered with her own poetry manuscripts, hand-drawn basketball plays, and a loved journal. She is often found writing with a yellow pencil in her office, by the floor-to-ceiling window facing a palo verde tree. She creates basketball […]
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