The Floyd Press

The community newspaper of Floyd County, Va. Established in 1891. To subscribe, call [phone] or visit

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A lower court's determination that CSX Transportation violated no laws in terminating employees it suspected of fraud in seeking medical leave was recently unanimously upheld by the 4th U.S. Circuit https://t.co/VwW1IpuNtt

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One of the major pharmaceutical companies accused of flooding America with generic, addictive painkillers is floating a plan to avoid paying over $1 billion as part of a national settlement for victims of the opioid epidemic.

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"I think anybody who's talking about a pardon is disqualifying themselves from being president - not legally disqualifying themselves - but what it means is they think the behavior's OK," Kaine said Thursday in an interview with journalists at the Richm... https://t.co/wyS0XgudWL

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The U.S. slowed hiring but still added a solid 187,000 jobs in July in a sign of a durable labor market despite the Fed rate hikes. https://t.co/erzzargTnI

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Several local groups and businesses hosted Floydstock events last week and during the weekend, bringing musical acts and local vendors to nearly every stage in the town of Floyd. https://t.co/TFt3CrBZcW

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Sydney "Sundance" Smith, 31, on a mission to be one of the world's top female bare-knuckle boxers, is eying a shot at competing for a title. https://t.co/A6aGILq1IF

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This poem speaks for the crazed world we live in today. I understand the world still holds beauty, and that’s a fact I point out in this writing. https://t.co/A6WvLlCS9M

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Donald Trump has arrived in Washington to answer to charges that he worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election. https://t.co/QNrAkUUtYy

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The Chesterfield County police department is withholding nearly all of its police officers names from public view, arguing a novel interpretation of Virginia’s FOIA law and frustrating a local police oversight group.

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Three inmates at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt died in the span of 48 hours due to drug overdoses, officials with the Virginia Department of Corrections have confirmed. https://t.co/Z1o3PBSvGL

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One passenger was hurt after a flight from Richmond experienced landing gear failure in Atlanta. https://t.co/RJgv7q4BqT

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For hundreds of transgender kids across Virginia, an alternate universe where some school administrators don’t affirm transgender kids could become a reality. https://t.co/5qOQBQ7mlZ

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A group of parents of students with disabilities filed a complaint with the Virginia Attorney General under the Virginia Human Rights Act, asking the state to investigate the Virginia Department of Education and the Fairfax County school system for its ... https://t.co/i1ZDUYGspk

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State Senate budget negotiators are developing counterproposals for their House counterparts in an effort to end the $1 billion General Assembly budget impasse after they spent two hours Wednesday discussing the latest proposal from a House of Delegates... https://t.co/8iX74vWcpW

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rvatech is leading an effort for federal funds that would turn Richmond into a hub for AI and machine learning innovation. https://t.co/28ObOIFRQ0

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Floyd County High School teacher Jennifer Hendrick recently had the privilege of attending the eighth annual Friends of the World War II Memorial Teacher Conference in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/HF5keJ9GpR

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In his analysis of the case, the judge said UVa had acted in an “arbitrary and capricious manner.” https://t.co/5RJXA5y4me

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“This (pilot shortage) is constraining service restoration and the expansion of service." https://t.co/LNiphrLSaw

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Black drivers are more likely to be stopped by Virginia police than are whites, a state Department of Criminal Justice Services report says. https://t.co/cEjJ6sYQnG