
Creigh Deeds: One week to go in the General Assembly session
With a week to go until the scheduled February 28 adjournment, the Virginia General Assembly is moving steadily along.

With a week to go until the scheduled February 28 adjournment, the Virginia General Assembly is moving steadily along.

Construction work is set to begin Monday on improvements to the Route 29 / Route 250 Bypass interchange in Charlottesville.

The UVA baseball team picked up a 9-1 win over Marist Friday afternoon at Bishop England High School in Charleston, S.C.

No. 2 UVA (24-1, 12-1 ACC) completes its three-game homestand against Florida State (15-12, 7-7 ACC) on Sunday (Feb. 22). Tipoff for the sold out contest at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board has awarded Lane/Corman Joint Venture the $116.7 million design-build contract to improve the Route 29 corridor in Albemarle County.

#2 UVA baseball will move its upcoming weekend baseball series with Marist from UVa’s Davenport Field to Charleston, S.C., because of recent and projected inclement weather in Charlottesville. Virginia will play four games at three sites in the Charleston area over the course of the weekend.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced that Virginia housing authorities have received more than $30.4 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Capital Fund Program.

This week, the House continued to pass solutions that will create jobs and grow our economy throughout Virginia’s Fifth District and across the country.

From 4 p.m. Monday through 12 p.m. Tuesday, Virginia State Police troopers and dispatchers statewide fielded 3,363 calls for service statewide.

You know going in against second-ranked UVA that it’s going to be a dogfight. Possession by possession. You’re not going to get easy baskets in transition. You’re not going to get a lot of offensive rebounds. You can try to get into the lane, get open looks off screen action, but you have to be perfect with every pass, and make the open shots that you get.
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