Nearly a decade ago, the plug was pulled on the controversial VC Summer nuclear project just north of Columbia before any new power was generated.

An unspecified number of employees at Kings Dominion were laid off on Wednesday, with full-time employees to receive severance pay, according to officials.

In a laboratory used by researchers from Old Dominion University, analytical chemist Eva Doty tests wastewater from a local treatment plant. She's looking for something she expects to find — ...