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Virginia head football coach Mike London announced the addition of Marques Hagans to his football staff as a graduate assistant coach. Hagans will work with the offensive coaching staff. “Marques ‘Biscuit’ Hagans returning to UVa is a benefit for both of us,” said London. “He wants to learn and get involved in coaching – and…
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The innovative construction methods the Virginia Department of Transportation is using to rebuild part of Interstate 81 in Augusta County will reduce construction time by two-thirds, save VDOT millions of dollars and recycle existing road material back into the new pavement. VDOT’s research facility, the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research in Charlottesville, has…
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The No. 6 Virginia baseball team finished off a three-game sweep of No. 4 Clemson with a 7-6 victory Sunday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, S.C. In winning their 10th straight game this year, the Cavaliers (16-1, 3-0 ACC) recorded their first-ever three-game sweep in Clemson as UVa improved to 17-4 against the…
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After Hofstra rallied for six runs in the eighth to take the lead, junior outfielder Ian Haynes (Danville, Va./Tunstall) hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the inning to give James Madison a 13-12 win in the finale of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans…
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A baseball bat from James Madison’s opening-weekend sweep of Bucknell Feb. 18-20 has arrived at the College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas after the Dukes socked 23 home runs in four games to open the 2011 season. The 23 home runs led the nation, were more than the rest of the Colonial Athletic…
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A warrior needn’t have a scar to show you to prove that they come back a different person from the field of battle. “The group that we most like to target within that very wide net is the combat veterans. The theory being that the things that they’ve experienced made them particularly sensitive,” said Ben…
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While the recent February jobs report issued by the Department of Labor suggests some welcome signs of improvement, our national unemployment rate still remains unacceptably high and our economic recovery still has a long way to go. The House has taken several steps to remove the barriers to job growth by remaining committed to cutting…
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Sophomore infielder Bradley Shaban (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) hit a key two-run single in the seventh and James Madison held on for a 5-4 victory over William and Mary in the Colonial Athletic Association baseball opener for both teams on Friday afternoon at Plumeri Park. JMU improved to 9-1 overall, matching its best winning percentage since being…
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The 2001-2011 class of Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute will hold a three day training session in Staunton March 16-18. The meeting is the fourth of six sessions held throughout the year, at locations across the state. Focus of discussion during the session will include sustainable agriculture, nutrient management planning, community food systems, concepts of…
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The case of the disappearance and death Alicia Showalter Reynolds marked a sad milestone on Wednesday – the 15-year anniversary of the day that Reynolds was last seen alive. It was March 2, 1996, when Reynolds was abducted in Culpeper County on Route 29 while traveling from Baltimore to Charlottesville. Since then the Virginia State…
