RICHMOND, Va. (AP)- Endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers are making a comeback in Virginia.
The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary said surveys last year found 96 individual birds. That's the highest level since the early 1980s.
Red-cockaded woodpeckers require old growth pine savannas maintained by fire and their population levels have declined because of a loss of habitat. The bird was listed as endangered in 1970.
The birds live in the Nature Conservancy's Piney Grove Preserve and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Maryland State Police's Homicide Unit is asking for the public's help in identifying someone who they say is a person of interest in a Salisbury 2017 homicide.
Maryland State Police's Homicide Unit is asking for the public's help in identifying someone who they say is a person of interest in a Salisbury 2017 homicide.
An audio recording of the dispatches between the pilot of a United Airlines flight that made an emergency landing this week at Dover Air Force Base features a pilot mentioning difficulties with the plane's elevator.
An audio recording of the dispatches between the pilot of a United Airlines flight that made an emergency landing this week at Dover Air Force Base features a pilot mentioning difficulties with the plane's elevator.
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Virginia State Police have paid tribute to one of the troopers killed in a helicopter crash during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville last year.More
Virginia State Police have paid tribute to one of the troopers killed in a helicopter crash during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville last year.More
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Democratic lawmakers say a Virginia woman who has spent weeks up in trees protesting a natural gas pipeline that would cross her property is being treated inhumanely by authorities, who have cut off her deliveries of food and water.More
Democratic lawmakers say a Virginia woman who has spent weeks up in trees protesting a natural gas pipeline that would cross her property is being treated inhumanely by authorities, who have cut off her deliveries of food and water.More
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The Richmond International Film Festival has named former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe as the recipient of its 2018 Pioneer Award for Excellence in Public Service & Leadership.More
The Richmond International Film Festival has named former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe as the recipient of its 2018 Pioneer Award for Excellence in Public Service & Leadership.More
