Acquisition will provide long-term rate stability MOUNT CRAWFORD and FREDERICKSBURG, Va., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Two not-for-profit electric cooperatives, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative based in Mount Crawford, VA and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative based in Fredericksburg, VA, have announced plans to provide electric service to Potomac Edison's (PE) Virginia consumers.

By Rusty Dennen, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. May 17--The Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge still has a ways to go to reach its goal of protecting 20,000 acres. But it has steadily grown, with the latest addition of 90 acres announced this week.

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Troy Farmer, +1-212-677-7171, or Lynda Frost, +1-202- 297-9370, both of the Trust for Public Land; or Joseph McCauley, manager of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge, +1-804-333-1470 ESSEX COUNTY, Va.,Nov.

By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Nov. 5--MOSQUITO POINT Scientists got a rare look at sunken treasure yesterday as they eagerly watched a man-made oyster reef emerge from the bottom of the Rappahannock River.

By REX SPRINGSTON; LAWRENCE LATANE III Something is sickening and killing thousands - if not tens of thousands - of fish in western Virginia. To the east, more than 300,000 fish died this summer in a Westmoreland County creek.