No repeat of D.C. sniper case here

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I think we learned yesterday that we can rest assured that our law-enforcement folks are going to keep us safe no matter what. “We had one here in Waynesboro,” Waynesboro police chief Doug Davis told me, referring to the shootings reported overnight Wednesday and Thursday on Interstate…

One suspect in custody in shootings

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] An Afton teen in custody in connection with two shootings in Waynesboro early Thursday morning is considered a suspect in a series of shootings that were reported along a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 64 in Albemarle County. Slade Woodson, 19, was taken into custody upon the execution of a search…

Community group wants county, state to improve safety on Nelson highway

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] An accident that killed a mother and her two young daughters in Nelson County this summer happened 75 yards from the front door of Tommy Stafford’s office. “We knew we needed to do something,” said Stafford, the founder of Project151.org, a web portal that is serving as a launching pad…

Traffic flows near new Town Center benefit from quick VDOT fix

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Story by Chris Graham The Interstate 64 interchange near the new Waynesboro Town Center has benefited from a series of inexpensive operational enhancements that should improve traffic flows at what was already a busy intersection. “We evaluated the shoulders and pavement width and determined by restriping the Route 340 end of the exit ramp, VDOT…

Mohawk, Commonwealth Transportation Board, Floyd Landis

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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham LOSER: Mohawk Industries Nice PR department they must have there. The Georgia company first tells The News Virginian that it was not going to be laying off employees at its Waynesboro plant as part of a companywide restructuring, then goes ahead and lays off employees at its Waynesboro…

Staunton leaders consider tweaks to development plan

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The Top Story by Chris Graham Dickie Bell hates thinking that he might have been prescient when he raised objections to the proposed economic-development plan that was eventually adopted by Staunton City Council in 2002 that put the bulk of the focus of the city’s development efforts on the retail and tourism sectors.