RICHMOND, Virginia, July 8 -- The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has lifted the Drought Watch Advisory for the Northern Piedmont drought evaluation region, which includes Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, Orange, Culpeper, Louisa, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties. Since the initial drought watch advisory was issued on June 9, conditions have improved throughout much of the Commonwealth, alth  more