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On Jan. 1, 2025, there will be changes to the TRICARE regions in the United States as part of TRICARE's new regional contracts. While there will still be two TRICARE regions, six states currently in the East Region (Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin) will move to the West Region.
Defense Health Agency
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Digital
TRICARE changes are causing a billing backlog for Humana throughout the eastern part of the U.S.
Photo by Bill Dickinson, Flickr. Siemens Gamesa, based in Spain, announced Monday it will lease space at the Port of Virginia’s Portsmouth Marine Terminal and hire more than 300 people to build and staff the new factory.
Photo by Bill Dickinson via Flickr
Billions in federal funds jumpstarted a wide range of work in Virginia in recent years, including Norfolk’s floodwall, interstate projects and helping low-income households cut energy bills.
Marcus Antonio as Juicy in the Virginia Stage Company's production of "Fat Ham," playing at the Wells Theatre
Erica Johnson @majerlycreative
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Erica Johnson @majerlycreative
The Pulitzer-Prize-winning play reimagines Shakespeare's tragedy at a Southern family barbecue.
Members of the Virginia General Assembly are currently engaged in a number of debates about public policy issues. But some of the important issues are NOT being debated.
An olive-green and dark brown colored grasshopper specimen
Andrew Rapp
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Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
A species of grasshopper native to Appalachia, believed to be extinct, was spotted last year in Augusta County. It’s among several rare and never before seen plants and animals that were discovered in Virginia recently.

Funny Woman, Season 2
Barbara Parker heads to London to take on the male-dominated world of comedy by storm.


 

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