Fire education is key to decreasing loss

As temperatures begin to rise with the approach of summer, something else will be on the rise for residents of Colorado: the risk of wildfires.…

Adderall use among college students on the rise

7:00 a.m. and the alarm goes off. A student’s bag is packed as full as possible with papers and notebooks for a few classes, a…

Research Brief: Avocados

A collaboration between Ashley McLeod, Kela Fetters and Danielle Lemmon Executive Summary Avocado industries both foreign and domestic are adapting to a variety of challenges,…

Music Together Boulder – Soundslides

Jane Simms Roche talks about her business, Music Together of Boulder hosting.soundslides.com/jz2hd Originally recorded for Under the Flatirons

Class of 2016 – Hopewell

By Ashley McLeod, Staff writerJun 15, 2016, 11:24 HOPEWELL ­— Students, family, friends and faculty at Hopewell High School gathered under the hot sun on…

Sounds of the Civil War

By Ashley McLeod, Senior staff writerJun 11, 2016, 11:33 CHESTERFIELD — Chris Johnston spends his weekdays at Thomas Dale High School, working as the chamber…

Youngest delegate tells VSU grads to improve the world

By Ashley McLeod, Staff writerJune 6, 2016, 11:47 RICHMOND — The 2016 class at Virginia State University celebrated the culmination of their college careers on…

A tree to remember Green

By Ashley McLeod, Senior staff writerMay 6, 2016, 15:27 COLONIAL HEIGHTS — Community members and leaders joined together Friday, April 29, to celebrate Arbor Day…

The Gift of Life

By Ashley McLeod, Staff writerApr 21, 2016, 13:22 COLONIAL HEIGHTS — Explaining to a group of first-graders that your kidney was removed to save someone’s…

Former chamber exec, principal remembered

By Ashley McLeod, Staff WriterApr 21, 2016, 13:21 COLONIAL HEIGHTS — ­Colonial Heights City Council honored the late Roger Green by presenting his wife, Robyn…