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Health officials search for evidence of tick-borne illness
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — On the same day that state health officials canvassed his Spotsylvania County yard for ticks, Quintin Beltran had all the toes on his left foot removed as a result of damage caused by a tick bite. Beltran, 60, was diagnosed...
'Deaths of despair' on the rise in Virginia
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — In the months since her baby sister overdosed on heroin laced with fentanyl, Rene Myers has been sickened by the reaction from so-called friends. They want to write off Dorothy Nicole Ries as nothing more than a druggie w...
Farmer part of 'green revolution' of crop production
BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) — Sometimes, Stuart Lane's fields are like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates. The Caroline County farmer never knows what he's gonna get when he experiments with cover crops. Those are grasses, clovers or even vegetables t...