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Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today requested federal disaster assistance to reimburse state and local governments for costs associated with the severe winter storm that occurred Dec. 18-20, 2009 and the ensuing power outages. The governor has requested assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse state agencies and…
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Biscuit Run grant pushes state past Kaine’s 400K-acre conservation goal Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced that more than 400,000 acres has been conserved since the first fiscal year of his administration in 2006. Several major acquisitions in Albemarle, King and Queen and Rockbridge counties, along with end-of-the-year easement recordings,…
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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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Bennett: ‘Still trying to find out’ about ballclub Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The signature win – over #24 Alabama-Birmingham – is in the bag. One more tuneup, and then it’s welcome-to-the-ACC time for UVa. basketball coach Tony Bennett. “We’re still trying to find out stuff about our ballclub,” Bennett told reporters on his weekly…
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Former largest planned development in Albemarle history to be preserved as open space Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine on Wednesday announced the purchase of approximately 1,200 acres in Albemarle County known as “Biscuit Run” to be held by the state as a site for a future state park. “When developed as a…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] ACCVirginia.com will be live at tonight’s college-basketball game between #24 Alabama-Birmingham (11-1) and UVa. (6-4) at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. The opening tip is set for 7 p.m. There is no television broadcast of the game. Editor Chris Graham will be on press row providing score…
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State Police still pursuing leads; ‘We have to keep plugging away’ Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, who hasn’t been seen since she left a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville the night of Oct. 17, is “not anywhere near” the level of…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Rose Stoltzfus Shenk, 41, of Harrisonburg, is a widow with four boys between 5 and 11 years old. Bruce Buckwalter, 40, of Harrisonburg, is single and never been married. Credit an Internet computer program for bringing the two together. Rose spent her early years in East…
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Game postponed due to blizzard Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The Virginia men’s basketball team’s game with UNC-Wilmington originally scheduled to be played on Dec. 19 has been rescheduled for Jan. 18 at John Paul Jones Arena. A starting time will not be set until after it’s determined whether the game will be televised. Original…
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Congressional candidate pushes back-to-basics GOP campaign Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The tea-party protests of the summer motivated many on the right. It was another protest half a world away that motivated Mike McPadden to run for Congress. “Those kids were out there in the streets fighting for their liberties. That was a watershed moment…
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