Roxy Todd

New River Valley Reporter for @WVTFRADIOIQ. Tweets are my own opinion/ observations and don't necessary reflect my employer.

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MVP says it hasn’t yet completed construction on their pipeline through WV and Va, and has set their new in-service target date to early June. The pipeline company had earlier planned to be in service by the end of this month. https://t.co/ystn5uHQ1n

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Earlier this month, a rare sighting of the Aurora Borealis was visible in Virginia and across the south. Will another sighting come anytime soon? Researcher says, it's possible. https://t.co/MSpP846rbu

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The decision comes as many await a decision by FERC on whether the pipeline can begin service by May 23rd. Several weeks ago, a pipe in Roanoke County burst during hydrotesting, part of the required tests before a company can run gas through a pipeline. PHMSA is quiet on details

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The Supreme Court has declined to take up another appeal from a group of landowners challenging the use of eminent domain by developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Photo of Cletus Bohon, one of 6 landowners who filed the case. https://t.co/eWnLqU7GI9

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150 years ago, American Chestnut trees provided food for people and animals throughout the eastern United States, as well as lumber. Then a fungus from Asia nearly wiped them out. Researchers have been working to bring them back. https://t.co/cW2w0Gq0km

[Meagan J Brem, PhD @MeaganBrem]

Thank you @WVTFRADIOIQ for continuing the important conversation about teen dating violence within our communities! February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month - Visit @loveisrespect for more teen dating violence resources.

[BK @BradKutner]

A tragic event in Blacksburg last year is leading school administrators, parents and community members to ask what are the early warning signs that a teen may be in an abusive dating relationship?

@RoxyMTodd #VALeg
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[Dino Grandoni @dino_grandoni]

NEW in time for Xmas, a story about 🌰chestnuts🌰:

Scientists put years of work into chestnut trees genetically engineered to endure deadly disease and save a species

But there was a mistake: Many were a different variety — w/ the gene at the wrong spot
https://t.co/bautUXlWp6

[Roxy Todd @RoxyMTodd]

I first met Victoria's mom, Soraiya Nazari last fall. @hkrousseau has been following Nazari for over a year. I'm humbled that Heather agreed to work with me, documenting what happens in the lives of 3 women who served in the military in Afghanistan, and relocated to Blacksburg.

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2-year-old Victoria has never seen Afghanistan, the country her parents call home. @hkrousseau for the @roanoketimes and I are teaming up for a video/ radio series following Victoria's family, and several others. Here's story #1: https://t.co/tAqu1DbLx8

[Josh Griffith ❄️ @JoshGriffithWX]

SNOW at 5,580' on the Blue Ridge Parkway, NC. ❄️❄️❄️ #ncwx @NWSGSP

[Roxy Todd @RoxyMTodd]

Went exploring a pumpkin patch for this story with my colleague Craig Wright. https://t.co/p9h1lO59KJ

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When these 19-year-olds on campus almost walk right into me because they’re texting and then apologize, I want to tell them don’t apologize to me. It’s your rotator cuff and neck that are gonna be killing you in 15-20 years.

[Howard Berkes @hberkes]

New from @hberkes @pubhealthwatch - @MSHA_DOL responds to investigation. Will consider in final rule on silica dust in mines: thousands of cases of severe black lung we documented; requiring mining co's to report excessive exposures of toxic silica dust https://t.co/8jBevNoiH6

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This 'genius' engineer reframed the way we think about the pandemic : Goats and Soda : NPR https://t.co/fxnPuPw5vV

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Yesterday in the middle of an interview I caught a glimpse of these two 15-year-old lovebirds.

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If your mom made you listen to #phantomoftheopera as a kid, when she wasn’t listening to NPR, then you understand. I got a CD from the library (yes my car is old enough to still have a player) and this is my life now.

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@Hicks_JustinM Me too. Each found a tree to disappear into.

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Last week I heard something under our house. So we put out some traps. The sounds went away, but I’m still not sure which of these (if it was either) was the culprit. We relocated them in the forest.

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We also smelled a skunk spray outside our house the night before I heard the sounds, so we expected to catch something stinky.