To watch, or not to watch

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Op-Ed by Donna Miller Recently, there has been great debate over cable versus satellite, and it does not amaze me that very few have anything positive to say about either of these companies. It’s not about the quality of the picture per se, but the misrepresentation by each of the companies, the lack of quality…

New AMC CEO getting up to speed with Valley health care

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Mary Mannix is still getting her feet wet at AMC. “I’m so excited about this opportunity. I was with my previous organization for nineteen and a half years, and really was ready for some diversity in my experience. I came from a different setting – a physician-group practice/hospital setting, a…

Congressman talks economy, Iraq in Waynesboro

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte is trying to see the positive regarding recent economic news. “This is the kind of news we need to hear with what is going on in the economy right now,” Goodlatte said while being briefed on recent successes at Clark Manufacturing facility in Waynesboro this morning,…

Hanger pushing driver-fee repeal in exchange for gas-tax hike

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] If Virginia is going to get rid of the abusive-driver fees that caused so much rancor last summer and last fall, and Emmett Hanger is on board with the idea, and actually was before the fees were passed and signed into law last year, Hanger believes that it would only…

Learning to grieve

Chris Graham

My mother-in-law was telling a story about how tough it was for her to deal with the death of her daughter, my wife Crystal’s twin sister, Christina, 15 years ago to suicide. “I went back to work, and I was getting back to normal, and one morning I just lost it there at the office….

‘Kite Runner’ soars high

Carl Larsen

Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Mankind’s earliest writings were often tales of cowardice, courage, and finally redemption. The familiar theme seems to spring eternally from our very bone marrow, and that – perhaps – is what makes “The Kite Runner” resound with such clarity.

Rice gets rude welcome back home

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Column by Scott German Homecoming for Virginia native Tyrese Rice played to mixed results Saturday night in John Paul Jones Arena. While Rice did notch 20 points for Boston College, the Eagles lost an important Atlantic Coast Conference game to home standing Virginia 84-66. Rice, from the Richmond south side, played at L.C. Bird High…

‘Hoos stop BC, 84-66

Scott German

Story by Scott German Mamadi Diane scored 20 points while Sean Singletary had 19 points and 10 assists Saturday night as Virginia broke a three-game losing streak beating Boston College 84-66 in Atlantic Coast Conference action. The Cavaliers (11-5, 1-2 ACC), defending co-champions in the conference, got a crucial win after two blowout losses and…