http://augustafreepress.com Independent news source for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro, Va. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:51:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How soon should it take to get the roads passable? Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net It can be hard, to say the least, to manage expectations with regard to cleaning streets and roadways after snowstorms. Which is to say, it can be hard to manage the high level of expectations that we ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/clean-the-streets-already/    Column by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Take solace, folks. The meteorologists can't explain why it's snowing all the time, either. "To a large extent, it's just one of those things. But one of those things means we don't fully understand all the dynamics that go on with this, all the atmospheric physics involved," ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/climatologist-snowy-winter-just-one-of-those-things/   Staff Report News tips: freepress2@ntelos.net The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro effective 9 a.m. Tuesday to 4 p.m. Wednesday. The Greater Augusta region is in line for a possible 5 to 10 inches of snow accumulation due to the storm. Harrisonburg and Rockingham ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/forecast-5-to-10-inches-of-snow-tuesday-wednesday/    Hosted by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Today marks the return of The AFP Show. The show features editor Chris Graham talking about the news of the day with guests who add perspective to what is happening in the world around us. Today's guests are: - Jerry Stenger, the research coordinator at the Virginia State Climatology ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/the-afp-show-winter-weather-fifth-district-politics/ - State Senate backs extended job-training benefits - McDonnell supports update to composite index Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net State Senate backs extended job-training benefits: Virginia's Senate - led by a unanimous vote among Senate Democrats - passed a bipartisan bill Monday to help put unemployed Virginians back to work by providing extended ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/general-assembly-notebook-monday-feb-8/    Staff Report News tips: freepress2@ntelos.net The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Augusta County, Staunton and Wayensboro beginning Tuesday morning. The forecast for Tuesday into Wednesday afternoon calls for possible snow accumulations of 5 inches of snow or more. Harrisonburg and Rockingham County and locales to their north in ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/here-we-go-again-valley-braces-for-another-big-snowstorm/    Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: freepress2@ntelos.net Let’s cut right to the chase. Last month tens of millions of Americans witnessed a president break his oath of office. Ten hours later millions of others saw and heard a vice-president do the same on NBC’s Today show. The only difference being ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/defining-moments/ And new projects are already under way, benefitting economies and creating jobs Column by Jarret Adams Submit guest columns: freepress2@ntelos.net Right now, nuclear energy is expanding around the world. According to the World Nuclear Association, there are 50 reactors under construction across the globe and another 130 (and counting) scheduled to come online ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/new-nuclear-energy-is-old-news/    Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: freepress2@ntelos.net A sagacious senior observed, "We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse." Case in point: you're about to get another punnelling from your Punsylvania pun pal. Don't look, Ethel! Too late - may as well grin and bear it, starting with this ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/egregious-gags-to-egg-you-on-and-thats-no-yolk/ - Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda - Staunton City Council meeting agenda - Supreme Court to hear UVa. Law School case Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda: Waynesboro City Council will hold a business meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/02/08/news-update-monday-feb-8/