Lucente ‘leaning’ in direction of voting to approve bond issues

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A series of legal snafus that arose during the process of confirmation following the bond referenda in Waynesboro that were on the Nov. 6 ballot could soon be resolved without a new election or a court order. “I think the people made an error in putting in the fire station,…

Election Night Live Blog

Chris Graham

24th Senate race – 74 of 75 precincts reporting – Emmett Hanger (R) 23,515 votes (65.3 percent) – David Cox (D) 9,658 votes (26.8 percent) – Arin Sime (L) 2,797 votes (7.8 percent) 26th Senate race – 64 of 64 precincts reporting – Mark Obenshain (R) – 25,279 votes (69.3 percent) – Maxine Roles (D) – 11,120 votes (30.5 percent) 26th House…

Justice, weight-conscious, global-warming alarmists, conventional wisdom

Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham LOSER: Everybody Did you hear about the case involving a woman in Charlottesville who was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was taken before a grand jury, was not indicted, and then was not released until her attorneys found out about the snafu a month later? Yeah…

To the beat of their own drums: Leaders discuss nonpartisan nature of city-council elections in Staunton, Waynesboro

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham City-council elections in Staunton and Waynesboro are not strictly nonpartisan – but they are so nonetheless. It might not matter to most people one way or the other – after all, most people won’t be voting in today’s elections. For the one in three who will be, though, there…