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The documents allege that, instead of immediately providing medical care to Burks, Nurse Maynard suggested to the officers that "she could administer an overdose of insulin to Quantez to cover up his cause of death." trib.al/AWyB1W2

A rockslide occurred in Giles County, Va. on the Mountain Valley Pipeline's route. Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights alerted the PHMSA of this incident, and have yet to hear back. Read more about the developing situation ⬇️ powhr.org/mvp-landslide-…

on edge of a heart attack, #quantezburks asked for help. He was instead cuffed, taken off camera, and brutalized by guards. The state autopsy report just said natural causes. Its taken so much from Quan's family to keep this from getting covered up. Makes sense so many have died.

After citizens in White Sulphur Springs learned their town hired Timothy Loehmann (the man who shot and killed 12 year old Tamir Rice) these signs appeared outside city hall. Someone who saw them said they went up around 8pm but were removed by 9:30pm.

IMPORTANT: If you don't have insurance, or your insurance does not fully cover the COVID vaccine, it's a good idea to get your updated COVID vaccine NOW. The CDC Bridge Access Program, which provides COVID vaccines for free, stops at the end of August.

GOOD NEWS: The US government has announced that it will again offer free at-home Covid tests starting in late September. You will be able to get 4 more free test kits sent through the mail.

Still nothing coming out of WNC because cell, internet & roads mostly are inaccessible. The damage will likely be so much worse than these images. Blue Ridge Public Radio has a live update post here: bpr.org/live-updates/l…

From North Carolina to Nepal. The climate crisis will not spare us, and the time for international action against the fossil fuel industry is right now.

Nearly 100,000 Asheville residents may not have access to water for weeks, the city announced bpr.org/bpr-news/2024-…

Twenty days after Hurricane Helene brought torrential rain and deadly floods to western North Carolina, over 100,000 people still lack drinkable water. grist.org/health/as-hele…

In Barnardsville, volunteers created a mutual aid hub to help meet each others' basic needs after Hurricane Helene. The experience, residents say, has forged a bond between generations living here. bpr.org/bpr-news/2024-…

Laugh+cry at state official saying "there are no intakes in the New River downstream...nothing released into the New River from the RAAP would have entered any Virginia waterworks" Maybe true in VA, but ignores water intakes downstream in WV, OH, KY, and down the Mississippi.

"planet-heating emissions from coal, oil and gas will rise by 0.8% in 2024. In stark contrast, emissions have to fall by 43% by 2030 for the world to have any chance...limiting “increasingly dramatic” climate impacts on people around the globe." theguardian.com/environment/20…

📻 Public radio in a digital age: Layoffs, falling ratings, and a growing digital divide. NPR and local member stations are rethinking public radio’s future by adopting strategies for survival. Story by Gabe Bullard. niemanreports.org/mixed-signals-…

“In a span of just two weeks, a dozen Black men at Red Onion prison in Virginia took the same desperate measures, setting themselves ablaze. These are not acts of protest. These are human beings driven to extreme lengths, hoping for relief from torment.” prisonradio.org/news-update/se…