What are Redbird stories?
Like the Northern Cardinal, our Redbird stories are deeply connected to home. These in-depth watchdog, narrative, data, and explainer pieces are designed to inform, inspire, and reflect the world around you—meeting you where you are and capturing the stories that shape our communities.
These stories get the Redbird tag. They’re stories that take time and patience, which Cardinal members provide through their support. And when they step out of the nest, they already know how to fly.
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She knows ‘success’ in recovery is a lifelong process
Mia Stanley, who kicked a 20-year oxycodone habit and turned her life around, recently relapsed.
Dickenson County’s new addiction treatment center brings long-term residential treatment to an area that has little
Proponents of the Addiction Recovery Care program say the length and depth of the program helps clients get and stay clean.
Addiction treatment as an economic development strategy? Dickenson County, ravaged by substance abuse and overdose deaths, says yes
The first of two drug treatment centers has been completed; it was purposefully built within sight of the county’s new industrial park.
How Virginia’s wealth works against poor rural homeowners getting FEMA aid for storm recovery
Should FEMA’s calculation be based on regional instead of statewide real estate data? Or should Virginia use its wealth to provide direct aid when disasters strike?
Taking root: Controlled environment agriculture and vertical farming looking up in rural Virginia
It’s an industry that’s also an ongoing experiment. Here’s an in-depth look at how rural Virginia’s climate and scientific resources are enabling a new way of growing food.
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