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Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Wednesday signed an executive order creating the cabinet position of chief energy officer and has appointed Josephus Allmond, a Charlottesville-based staff attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center, to the new role.

After more than a decade of work, Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project began generating electricity 27 miles from Virginia Beach on March 23.

Following the Rappahannock Tribe’s legal challenge to a state approved water withdrawal permit, the Tribe has launched a fundraising and coalition building campaign seeking public support for what tribal leaders expect to be a long term fight to protect the Rappahannock River.

Photo: Environmental Quality Services The living shoreline restoration project on Simonson Road in Farnham, near the public Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources boat landing and parking area, is the only one of its kind in the Northern Neck in VDOT’s naturebased solutions initiative, according to Kelly Hannon, communications manager for VDOT’s Fredericksburg District.

The Warsaw Town Council is moving forward with a proposed cannabis ordinance, anticipating action at the state level that could pave the way for retail sales in Virginia.