While you may enjoy your woods for the privacy it offers or knowing that it gives a home to wildlife, it can be much more. Learn how at two upcoming workshops.

People play a big role in West Nile Virus disease prevention by paying special attention to eliminating mosquito breeding areas around homes and to protecting themselves from mosquito bites while outside, say health officials.

“Focusing on Forestland Transfer to Generation ‘NEXT’” is being offered July 29 and August 5 at the Moton Museum in Farmville. This two-day program from the Virginia Department of Forestry will help family forest landowners successfully plan the transfer of their woodlands, intact, from one generation to the next.

Manassas city's Main Street Streetscapes project in 2013 has won a state award. It widened narrow sidewalks to allow for outdoor dining and improved pedestrian access, added brick crosswalks intersections and planted 19 trees to enhance the beauty of the street.

A built-to-specs laboratory outfitted with equipment enabling researchers to harvest energy in new ways from waves, sun, and wind, as well as mechanical vibration such as railroad trains produce opened today in India for Virginia Tech, according to a news release from the Virginia governor's office.

With new federal and state regulatory requirements, the cost of managing stormwater for the City of Manassas has dramatically increased. Public information meetings about the new stormwater requirements and the proposed fee will be held in May and June.

Researchers from VA Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have found that the best way to get rid of stink bugs is to fill a foil roasting pan with water and dish soap and put a light over the pan to attract the bugs in a dark room.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urges Americans to prepare their families and businesses for hurricanes and tropical storm emergencies with a communications plan, a kit of essential items and reviewing insurance policies with an insurance agent.