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The official White House Christmas Tree this year was selected from a farm in Western North Carolina—the area that produces a fourth of the country’s Christmas Trees. It's also the area that suffered major damage from Hurricane Helene.

Children who are born in lower-income families can do as well as their peers from wealthier families if they attend preschool for five years. That’s according to a study that followed at-risk children for nearly five decades. But the study finds long-term impacts are different between girls and boys.

During the holidays, many senior citizens don’t have family close by to celebrate with. There are programs called Santa for Seniors, or Senior Angels, that help connect them with people willing to give them small gifts.

Actress and comedian Lily Tomlin joins actor Malcolm Jamal Warner as they read through a script for an episode of The Magic School Bus, 1997 Tomlin plays Ms. Frizzle and Warner, The Producer.

One of the most famous American poets, Nikki Giovanni, died Monday at the age of 81. She taught at Virginia Tech for 35 years, and was a prominent figure in the Black Arts and Civil Rights Movements.

The Glen Lyn power plant was one of the oldest coal fired power plants in the country before it closed in 2015. The brick section to the left is the original building built in 1919. To the right is the portion that was built in 1942.

The Barter Theatre is performing an adaptation of A Christmas Carol through Dec. 29

Netflix recently released a new 16-episode series, based on the novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” The book, by Spanish writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, explores love, sex, politics, family, and magic.

One of eight homes along Guesses Fork Road in Hurley, built by mennonite disaster service volunteers and United Way

The Eastern Hellbender’s habitat is shrinking, but Southwest Virginia creeks give the animal valuable refuge. Biologists are also studying whether Hurricane Helene hurt Hellbender populations.