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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It wasn’t that there was much left downtown, but Phil Lemons knew that whatever traffic there had been before the West End took off with the opening of Wal-Mart in Waynesboro in 2003 was pretty much going, going, gone. “Having experienced it in other towns, whenever a shopping center comes…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Somebody asked Don Morris to sign a petition protesting the pending arrival of Wal-Mart in Waynesboro six years ago. That the longtime Downtown Waynesboro business owner didn’t is an indication of where his thoughts are on economic-development issues. “That to me was a no-brainer. Staunton had a Wal-Mart, Staunton had…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Dad was a standout at Texas Tech – “a stud, pretty much.” His older brother played for the Red Raiders – still knows some of the guys on the team from his years in Lubbock. Heck, his mom was a cheerleader there. The Jobes bleed red and black. But tomorrow,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] How do you stop a team that scores 42 points a game and racks up 476 yards a game through the air? “It’s going to be a challenge. And I’ve never shied away from a challenge,” Virginia linebacker Clint Sintim said of the challenge that awaits the Cavaliers next week…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A lawsuit is not a great option when your goal is to get government to reconsider what it’s doing relative to a road project. But the group that filed suit in federal court in Charlottesville on Monday to block further movement toward a massive reconstruction of Interstate 81 in Western…
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The SportsDominion is live at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for tonight’s game between Virginia and Hampton U. Join SportsDominion correspondent Scott German on our live blog tonight for live game updates and commentary and analysis from JPJ.
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] PUSH: VDOT and I-81 I dunno – seems to me that when citizens groups are resorting to filing lawsuits to try to block something that a government agency is doing, they must be feeling that the political process isn’t working the way they want it to. |That’s…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The short-term worry is about a planned seven-mile improvement project on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County. The longer-term worry is about the rest of the 325 miles of I-81 in Western Virginia. “That’s the biggest concern that I have – because this seven-mile project, while it is overly broad, and…
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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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Column by Mike Hodge Congratulations, Augusta County, you are showing leadership on those pesky car decals! In case you haven’t heard, Augusta County is looking at getting rid of their vehicle decals. Before you get too happy, you’ll still have to pay the annual fee, but won’t have the hassle of trying to get your…
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