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Column by Todd Haymore The official name of the agency I lead is the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, also called VDACS. Agriculture is listed first in our name, but the consumer services section is by no means an afterthought. At VDACS, we take our obligation to consumers very seriously.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] One way to look at Lofton Lake is to view it as a million-dollar retreat owned by some of the area’s most prominent figures. Another would be to look at it for what it is – an old campground that a group of mostly low-profile…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll: Does Augusta County need an economic-development department? It amazes me that Augusta County government has been able to get along as long as it has without an economic-development department to build on what the county has at its economic disposal for the future. OK, so yeah, I…
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Item by Jim Bishop Every parent’s worst nightmare is to have a child abducted. In Uganda, that may mean knowing your child is being forced to perform atrocities or being used as a sex slave. This was the reality for Angelina Atyam for seven years. Last week, Atyam told her powerful story of hate and…
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Letter from Kathy Belcher Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more Although as a Staunton resident I have no dog in the current Waynesboro city officials’ dog fight, I do however have an interest in assuring that the press and public have an accurate accounting of Doug Walker’s purchase of a Lofton Lake share.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] John Lawrence has a story to tell about the events that led to the effective firing of city manager Doug Walker, and I’m not the first person he’s told it to. By Lawrence’s account, I’m the third journalist to get the details of the meeting…
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Column by Scott Suggs June is normally what we consider a transition month for bass. This is in reference to the movement of bass from their spawning flats to their deepwater summer hangouts. Knowing that these often big groups of bass are heading towards deeper water and what areas and bait to key on can…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m trying to piece together what News Virginian reporter Jimmy LaRoue was trying to do in his story this morning about a real-estate connection between outgoing city manager Doug Walker and local real-estate developer Bill Hausrath.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] It was more a gesture than anything else. But Sam Rasoul was out there on the front lines of the gas crisis just the same. “The point of this event was to raise awareness about the energy crisis in this country,” said Rasoul, the Democratic Party nominee in the Sixth…
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The Local Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] The Republican Party is going to miss Kurt Michael – big time. Michael affirmed in a blog posting at sixtyfour81.com on Tuesday that he will step down from the position of chair of the GOP committee in Augusta County as he had promised back in April. He…
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