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.
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The Brandywine Valley SPCA is speaking out after a puppy adopted during the non-profit's Mega Adoption Event held earlier this month in Harrington, Delaware died from canine parvovirus, a highly contagious viral illness that affects dogs.More
The Brandywine Valley SPCA is speaking out after a puppy adopted during the non-profit's Mega Adoption Event held earlier this month in Harrington, Delaware died from canine parvovirus, a highly contagious viral illness that affects dogs.More
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Monday, December 17 2018 11:48 AM EST2018-12-17 16:48:14 GMT
The former president of the only financial institution criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program has been sentenced to six years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.More
The former president of the only financial institution criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program has been sentenced to six years in prison for fraud and conspiracy. More
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - The City of Rehoboth Beach has set a town hall to discuss the proposed transition of the city's wastewater treatment facility to Sussex County. According to news release, the meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 5 inMore
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - The City of Rehoboth Beach has set a town hall to discuss the proposed transition of the city's wastewater treatment facility to Sussex County. According to news release, the meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 5 inMore
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William Joseph Hathaway with his wife Mary and daughter Molly. (Photo: Mary and Milly Jean Hathaway Facebook Fundraiser page)
William Joseph Hathaway with his wife Mary and daughter Molly. (Photo: Mary and Milly Jean Hathaway Facebook Fundraiser page)
Friends have organized a fundraiser for the wife and infant daughter of a Berlin, Maryland man and cast member of the reality show "Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks," who died following a Saturday afternoon car crash in Salisbury.More
Friends have organized a fundraiser for the wife and infant daughter of a Berlin, Maryland man and cast member of the reality show "Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks," who died following a Saturday afternoon car crash in Salisbury.More
Chris Walsh got an alert on Thursday from his motion-sensitive door camera after a delivery truck with a package he was expecting arrived at his house.
What Walsh said he didn't expect was to see the driver fling the package onto his front porch with an audible thud.
Chris Walsh got an alert on Thursday from his motion-sensitive door camera after a delivery truck with a package he was expecting arrived at his house.
What Walsh said he didn't expect was to see the driver fling the package onto his front porch with an audible thud.
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VIRGINIA (AP) - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says he wants lawmakers to approve spending $50 million to make it easier for people to get faster internet service.More
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says he wants lawmakers to approve spending $50 million to make it easier for people to get faster internet service.More
Thursday, December 13 2018 1:37 PM EST2018-12-13 18:37:25 GMT
Thursday, December 13 2018 1:37 PM EST2018-12-13 18:37:25 GMT
Virginia Republicans are pushing to make sure former Gov. Terry McAuliffe's records from his time in office are available to the public if he runs for president.More
Virginia Republicans are pushing to make sure former Gov. Terry McAuliffe's records from his time in office are available to the public if he runs for president. More
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(Photo: WBOC)
A NASA official who oversaw a nearly $200 million contract at the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia has pleaded guilty to receiving kickbacks and stealing government funds.More
A NASA official who oversaw a nearly $200 million contract at the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia has pleaded guilty to receiving kickbacks and stealing government funds. More
