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Column by Sarah van Gelder Submit guest columns: [email protected] If anyone thought the inauguration of Barack Obama as president heralded the end of racism in America, they should look no further than the tea party rallies held last weekend. The racial slogans and the mocking signs show how far we still have to go….
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s Ken Cuccinelli’s world, and we’re just living in it. “He’s just sucking the oxygen out of Richmond,” observed Quentin Kidd, a political-science professor at Christopher Newport University, and it’s not just Richmond gasping for air right now. Put yourself in the shoes of Gov. Bob McDonnell or Lt….
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] You hear the word homeless, and immediately what comes to mind is a person who has lost a job, a family without a home, kids suddenly tossed out into the night. That situation is the exception, not the rule, according to local homeless advocates, who by and large…
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– Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium – Local News: Free H1N1 shots available at RMH – Study: Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium RMH will hold its third annual “Matters of the Heart”…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything you wanted to know about the State of the Union, but were afraid to ask. We have the full texts and videos of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Republican response. We also have reactions from Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, congressmen…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] As U.S. mayors gathered in Washington this week to meet with the Obama administration about unemployment and the economy, Virginia local government officials and community leaders are calling for the creation of a Community Jobs program. The jobs program would provide funding to localities across the country to create…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] As more information about the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti becomes available, many people want to assist in some way. In addition to horrific deaths, injuries, crumpled buildings and destroyed infrastructure, the earthquake has the potential to create yet another disaster: scams to defraud the public….
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Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov One of the most important parts of my job is to assist constituents with any issues or problems they are facing when dealing with federal government agencies. The caseworkers in my offices in Charlottesville, Danville, Farmville, and Martinsville helped nearly 800 Fifth District residents in 2009 cut through government…
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Video Essay by Chris Graham [email protected] It makes sense when you look at it on paper. Close the Waynesboro Department of Social Services office, consolidate operations at the Verona office already serving Staunton and Augusta, and save everybody money in reduced overhead. But what looks good on paper doesn’t always make sense in terms…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns and letters: [email protected] Sheri Hartzler is a human dynamo who gets many things done in a fairly low-key, unassuming manner – at her workplace at Third Way Media in Harrisonburg, handling bookings for Ted & Company Theaterworks or orchestrating the Patchwork Pantry food program. Patchwork Pantry, located…
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