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The Piedmont News: March 13, 2025

Top stories: DOGE regional environmental impacts; signs of spring; “staggering” cost of data centers; federal cuts impact farms and food; and more

The Piedmont News: March 6, 2025

Top stories: High-voltage transmission line coming to Virginia; Loudoun favors grandfathering data centers; little progress on data center regulation after General Assembly; Patawomeck Tribe acquires more ancestral homeland; and more