AAA: Gas prices begin retreat after end of summer season
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After increasing steadily from a July 2 low of $3.33 to a September peak of $3.87 per gallon, the national average price at the pump has begun to retreat.
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Goodlatte talks ethanol with Valley businesses
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Congressman Bob Goodlatte on Wednesday completed a two-day tour regarding the impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard, also known as the ethanol mandate, on local livestock producers, food producers, and other businesses.
County supervisors featured at SWAC Breakfast
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The September SWAC Breakfast this coming Saturday will feature Augusta County Board of Supervisors members Tracy Pyles, Marshall Pattie and David Karaffa.
Hull’s Drive-In hosts Cancer Awareness Weekend
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Hull’s Drive-In in Lexington is hosting its annual Cancer Awareness Weekend beginning Friday, Sept. 21 and running through Sunday, Sept. 23.
Film Festival announces return of Adrenaline Film Project
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The Adrenaline Film Project, a Virginia Film Festival staple since 2004, will once again play an important role as the Festival celebrates its upcoming 25th Anniversary from November 1-4 in Charlottesville.
Ken Plum: Voter fraud at the highest levels
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Over the last several years there has been a proliferation of bills introduced in Virginia and in many other states to prevent voter fraud. Conspicuously missing from the debate on these bills has been any specific examples of voter fraud having been committed. In fact, the greater problem with voting has not been that persons have been fraudulently voting; voter participation in Virginia and the nation has been embarrassingly low. The emphasis needs to be on getting more people to vote and not to make the process more cumbersome and bureaucratic that it discourages voters.
Press Conference: Frank Beamer
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer takes questions from the news media in advance of his team’s game this weekend with Bowling Green.
Chris Long makes significant gift to UVa. practice facility
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Chris Long, a former All-America defensive lineman at Virginia and current member of the St. Louis Rams in the National Football League, has made a $300,000 contribution to the Virginia Athletics Foundation for the new George Welsh Indoor Practice Facility. Long is currently in his fifth season with the Rams.
Chris Marston: From the Pumpkin Patch
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More than 400 people attended a peace rally at the Islamic Center of the Shenandoah Valley on Sunday. The rally came after someone vandalized the Islamic Center on Friday and the Reedemer Classical School in Keezletown on Saturday. Vulgarities like those painted on both of these buildings should not be considered a healthy example of our American freedoms. We may not share the same beliefs as our neighbor, but our American values should ring clear. It is our American right to freely celebrate and practice whatever religion we might want to.
Press Conference: Mike London
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UVa. football coach Mike London talks with the news media about his Cavaliers (2-1, 0-1 ACC) in advance of their game at nationally ranked TCU on Saturday.
