Residents turn up the volume on data center noise complaints -- A few months ago, residents of Great Oak, a 30-year-old enclave of about 300 single-family homes in Manassas, started noticing a constant mechanical buzzing whenever they worked in their yards or spent time outdoors. Earlier this week, they held a protest outside the source of that noise - a nearby Amazon Web Services data center campus - to warn fellow residents that the nuisance could soon be a problem heard in neighborhoods across Prince William County. [Prince William Times]
Youngkin's approval rating climbs to 55% -- About eight months into Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's term, his approval rating has increased slightly to 55%, from 53% in May, according to a new poll published Tuesday by the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College. Youngkin's disapproval rating remains at 35%. [Cardinal News]
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