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Colorado is considered to be one of America’s great renewable energy success stories. The State ranks fourth in the nation in solar production and has 6 percent of the United States wind market. However, Colorado would not have been able to take advantage of these resources without the support of its utilities.
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Lowell Fulk was Al Weed. Gene Hart wants to be Tom Perriello. “Lowell Fulk’s runs in 2003 and 2005 laid the foundation for what we can do this year. We couldn’t be successful if Lowell hadn’t run and lost in 2003 and 2005,” said Hart, 46, a Harrisonburg attorney and presumptive Democratic Party nominee in…
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The unemployment rate in Waynesboro jumped the 10 percent mark in February, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Virginia Employment Commission. The rate was at 10.3 percent, more than double the 4.9 percent rate in the city in February 2008. There were 629 more people out of work in Waynesboro in February 2009…
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The next question at UVa., after, Who is going to be the new basketball coach, was, What is Sylven Landesberg going to think of the guy? No need to worry there. “First impression – right off the bat, I thought he was a great guy,” Landesberg told reporters Wednesday after the press conference in which…
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Tony Bennett, the former head basketball coach at Washington State, is the new head coach at the University of Virginia. Bennett was introduced to about three dozen media members and about 150 others, including donors and University officials, Wednesday at the John Paul Jones Arena. Bennett recently completed his third year in Pullman, where he…
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Gov. Tim Kaine announced action on Tuesday on several pieces of legislation related to his Renew Virginia green initiative, including a series of amendments to bills included in the package. – SB 1248 – Northam This bill originally implemented the number one recommendation of the Climate Change Commission: the establishment of a mandatory energy efficiency…
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Are they throwing us a bone? That was my first thought when I got the news today about the almost joint appearance of the three candidates for the Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination at this weekend’s Virginia Young Democrats convention in Charlottesville. At least we get a shot at having the three together, sort of, in…
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– Economy: Remarks by President Obama after economy daily briefing, Monday, 5:15 p.m. – Civil Liberties: Sex Workers Art Show to go on, Monday, 5:15 p.m. – Education: Are you smarter than a fifth-grader?, Monday, 9:20 a.m. – Economy: Gas prices inching back up, Monday, 9:20 a.m. – Economy: AG’s office launches food drive, Monday,…
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The New Dominion Magazine won three awards for journalistic excellence in its first year of eligibility in the prestigious Virginia Press Association News Contest. The awards were announced Saturday at the Association’s annual conference in Norfolk. The competition was fierce in the top category for nondaily newspapers and magazines, whose 45 publications include Virginia Living, Virginia…
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Vic Hall was a record-setting quarterback in high school, and his numbers – 13,770 total yards, 166 touchdowns – had Virginia fans salivating at the prospect of what he could do in the ACC. A surprise start at QB in the season finale at Virginia Tech last November that pushed the Cavs to the brink…
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