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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Imagine not knowing where your next meal is coming from. For a growing number of families in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia, this isn’t something that is too hard to conjure up in the mind. Hunger is a reality in our area – yes, even here, in the robust…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It took a year to get from the first public announcement to the groundbreaking. The question now is, how long does it take to go from groundbreaking at the new SRI International Center for Advanced Drug Research in Rockingham County to the point where we start referring to the Valley…
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Item by Chris Graham The Shenandoah Valley Disability Employment Awareness Committee will hold its annual recognition luncheon next week in Staunton. The Oct. 25 event at the Holiday Inn will begin at 11 a.m. – and will include special recognition of employers and employees for their efforts to promote employment opportunities for those with disabilities….
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Item by Chris Graham A public-television veteran currently leading marketing efforts for a Miami, Fla.,-based station will be taking over the reins at WVPT in Harrisonburg next month. David Mullins has been tapped to serve as president and general manager of the Harrisonburg-based public-television station. He will replace interim general manager Richard Parker. Parker has…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham He had to fend off perhaps the fight of his political life in June with a party-primary challenge from Rockbridge County businessman Scott Sayre. With the change of seasons from summer to fall, 24th District Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger would seem to have if not the second-biggest fight of…
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Story by Chris Graham Conservative activist John Taylor noted with interest the story in The Daily Progress about Central Virginia Republican Del. Bill Janis coming out in support of changes to the controversial abusive-driver fees that have had GOP lawmakers on the defensive the past couple of months. “Now it’s almost a daily event that…
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Story by Chris Graham High gasoline prices are hitting everybody where it hurts – from people cutting back on vacations to businesses cutting back on seminars and conferences and other nonessential travel. But … college sports?
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Story by Chris Graham I have to admit to some possible bias here – I was there when the idea for what has become the annual Book ‘Em book festival was hatched on Fall Foliage Festival weekend in Waynesboro in 2003.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Mary works – she’s not supposed to; in fact, her doctor has ordered her not to.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham When gasoline was a dollar a gallon, it made sense to pack up the family and head for the hills to escape the higher real-estate prices of the city.
