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The Night Alexandria Cheered When 40 Electric Streetlights Came On
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (270+ words) On Sept. 17, 1889, Alexandrians gathered in the streets to see something astonishing: 40 electric streetlights coming to life for the first time. ALEXANDRIA, VA — Any evening now looks perfectly ordinary in Alexandria: lamps glowing over sidewalks, headlights moving along city streets and…...
I have mounds of soil in my Louisiana garden. What is causing this? See Dan Gill's advice
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (627+ words) Louisiana irises can be dug up and divided now. Do you have any idea what is causing these mounds of soil? They are all over my backyard. I thought they were mole crickets, but I’ve treated the area several times…...
Louisiana Medicaid Contracts 2027: $16.1B Deal, Four Insurers
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (236+ words) State health officials have presented the narrower lineup as a way to simplify the program for providers. The department has said that having four remaining plans should reduce administrative work for hospitals, doctors and other healthcare providers, including the process…...
Column: Let’s build the workforce that Coastal Virginia needs
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (652+ words) In 1966, my grandfather, Alfred Dreyfus, an electrical technician who arrived in this country with one suitcase and $14 in his pocket, founded the Electronic Computer Programming Institute in Norfolk. Technology was beginning to shape the workplace, opening new paths into the…...
Roundup: Space Force academy / Louisiana Innovation / Data center power
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (314+ words) Louisiana enters race: Louisiana is seeking to become the home of a new national academy for the U.S. Space Force after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for its creation and NASA opened the application process to states. House…...
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol wins award for newest permanent exhibit
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (144+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Louisiana's Old State Capitol won an award from the Southeastern Museum Conference for its newest permanent exhibit, Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced Monday. The exhibit, "A More Perfect Union: Reconstruction's Legacy in Louisiana," earned…...
Out of the Attic: 'Nothing but Independence' at the Alexandria Forum
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (325+ words) For the first time since 2023, the Alexandria Forum will return to the Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum Friday. In keeping with the theme of America’s 250th birthday, this forum focuses on Alexandria’s role in the American Revolution. Arguing that the…...
Responding to the article on ICE arrests
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (328+ words) To the editor: I want to thank the Times for the recent article on the presence and actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the City of Alexandria. Assuming the Aug. 27 article was about illegal immigration and specifically about ICE…...
Flock cameras make ‘Big Brother’ proud
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (225+ words) “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Thus begins George Orwell’s cautionary novel “1984.” To judge by the number of Flock and other surveillance cameras, our “progressive” city must be under the control of…...
The day terror changed us and a Virginia governor stepped up to lead and restore confidence
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1132+ words) There are times when I sit alone and think back — trying to unearth details best left buried — and it all still feels like a nightmare, one that hasn't softened even through the gauzy filter of 25 years gone by. It's not…...