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Cityscape // Tree pruning is now underway to help protect power lines throughout the city. Left, Ron Branch, a lift foreman, is among the workers removing branches that could knock down lines in a storm. He is an employee of Pennsylvania-based Asplundh Tree Expert Co., one of the private contractors Dominion Energy has hired to do the work. Asplundh general foreman David Fox describes the work as “regular maintenance to help keep customers’ lights on.”

Cityscape // Tree pruning is now underway to help protect power lines throughout the city. Left, Ron Branch, a lift foreman, is among the workers …

Published on August 18, 2017
Fun, sun and watermelon // Kristopher Adams, 6, and his sister, Kristianna, 5, cool off with some juicy watermelon last Sunday at the 34th Annual Carytown Watermelon Festival in Richmond. The free event attracts an estimated 118,000 people each year. In addition to collectively devouring a few thousand watermelons, the crowd enjoyed entertainment from 50 bands and other performers on five stages and browsed the wares of more than 100 street vendors and retail store merchants.

Fun, sun and watermelon // Kristopher Adams, 6, and his sister, Kristianna, 5, cool off with some juicy watermelon last Sunday at the 34th Annual …

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017
The red line shows the path of totality through the United States, while the yellow orbs show how much of the sun will be visible as the eclipse progresses.

The red line shows the path of totality through the United States, while the yellow orbs show how much of the sun will be visible …

Published on August 18, 2017
Viewers in South Carolina and along the western edge of North Carolina will be in the path of totality for the eclipse, meaning 100 percent of the sun will be blocked by the moon. In Richmond, up to 86 percent of the sun will be blocked during the eclipse.

Viewers in South Carolina and along the western edge of North Carolina will be in the path of totality for the eclipse, meaning 100 percent …

Published on August 18, 2017
During Monday’s solar eclipse, the moon will come between the sun and the Earth, fully or partially blocking the sun. The sky will start to get dark around 1:18 p.m., with the maximum coverage of the sun around 2:44 p.m. The sun will fully come out of the moon’s shadow at 4:03 p.m.

During Monday’s solar eclipse, the moon will come between the sun and the Earth, fully or partially blocking the sun. The sky will start to …

Published on August 18, 2017
This photo captures the total solar eclipse in Indonesia in 2016. It was provided by Bob Baer and Sarah Kovac, participants in the Citizen CATE Experiment. More than 200 volunteers with the National Science Foundation-funded project have been given small telescopes and tripods to observe the Aug. 21 eclipse from 68 locations across the United States. The images will be combined for a movie.

This photo captures the total solar eclipse in Indonesia in 2016. It was provided by Bob Baer and Sarah Kovac, participants in the Citizen CATE …

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017

Published on August 18, 2017
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Mr. Oher

Published on August 18, 2017
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Ms. Rice

Published on August 18, 2017