Ethanol plant draws opposition

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Op-Ed by Shirley Rothman Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more Is there anyone out there who can help us in Mecklenburg County? The Planning Commission and the County Board of Supervisors are ignoring the citizens. Osage Bio Energy LLC from Glen Allen is forcing an ethanol plant down our throats. This is the same…

The People v. Rick Krial: Staunton obscenity case has national attention

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The subject isn’t evolution, and the barristers aren’t William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. But the upcoming trial of a Staunton adult-video store owner on obscenity charges has some of that Scopes Monkey Trial flavor to it. Doesn’t it? I mean, on the one side, you have the fundamentalists who…

This year’s motto: Can’t Tell Anyone Without a Program!

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Virginia Tech Basketball Preview by Niemo www.techhoops.com News partner to The SportsDominion Outlook Let’s skip right to my conclusion before I give the evidence. Gone are a lot of points (4,500, to be approximate) and leadership. With the extreme youth, inexperience, and lack of proven leadership on the 2007-08 Hokie team, anything over .500 is…

Reform? Or increase?

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Story by Chris Graham   It was tax reform. It was a tax increase. The 2004 Virginia General Assembly session is being played out again in the 2005 Virginia gubernatorial campaign – and still the two sides can’t agree on even the most basic terms of what happened last spring. “My opponent is using all…