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The Top Story by Chris Graham It’s almost an Olympiad away – but from the perspective of the people responsible for reducing point-source pollution into the Chesapeake Bay, 2010 is just around the corner.
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Story by Chris Graham If you believe what you read in the papers and the blogs, George Allen got run out of Staunton last month – and by local Democrats, no less.
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Story by Chris Graham Augusta County supervisors earlier this year pursued a possible development deal that if successful would have brought Toyota and 2,000 manufacturing jobs to the Shenandoah Valley. The fact that the maneuvering related to the project was done largely behind the scenes rankled hundreds of county residents – who remain cognizant of…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., were a wakeup call for those involved in the emergency-services community in the Shenandoah Valley. “The big thing that came out of 9/11 was the thought that, hey, we’ve got to look at our policies and…
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Story by Chris Graham The idea that the second book in the series on the history of Waynesboro from local author George Hawke could end up costing city taxpayers upwards of $20,000 has been gnawing at me from the time that I heard that things might be headed in this direction in the spring.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham You see a Confederate-flag bumper sticker on a truck in a parking lot or on the highway, and already you have some ideas in your mind as to the identity of the person who put it there. “Nowadays, you’re not going to see a $30,000 SUV going down the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Tim Williams doesn’t like passing the buck to taxpayers any more than he has to – particularly when Richmond is awash in money from those same taxpayers. “The state has a surplus, and here they are passing this onto us. I don’t understand that. They made the promise, and…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Brenda Gordon didn’t want to admit to herself that she believed in ghosts. Being confronted with evidence of their existence will tend to make a believer out of anybody, of course.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Staunton residents are worried about the apparent lack of affordable housing in the Queen City. Don’t think that the candidates for the three open seats on Staunton City Council haven’t noticed that.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The talk of the 2005 election cycle in Staunton wasn’t focused on the heated gubernatorial race pitting Tim Kaine against Jerry Kilgore at the top of the ticket or any of the other state races. It was instead on the delays in the installation of a new financial-management software…
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