Historic Staunton Foundation’s 38th annual Christmas House Tour

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For 38 years, Historic Staunton Foundation has hosted a “look” into Staunton’s nationally renowned historic architecture. On Sunday, Dec. 5, the public is invited for a spectacular holiday-themed tour of the historic Bindery Building at The Villages of Staunton. Once the property of the former Western State Hospital, the Villages of Staunton is a spectacular…

David Reynolds: Think Virginia

David Reynolds

This column is not for wine lovers. Rather, it is directed to my conservative friends who have no love for government, who think that all governments are nothing more than intrusions into our private lives, who never met a tax they liked and who believe that all public budgets should be filed under fiction. Sorry,…

Supreme Court declines to intervene in college free-press case

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that allows restrictions on alcohol-related advertising in college publications in Virginia. However, arguments against the restrictions will continue in the lower courts. “We are disappointed that the Supreme Court decided not to hear this important First Amendment…

Legislative breakfast

Chris Graham

The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce invites you and your guests to attend the Legislative Breakfast on Wednesday, Dec. 15, from 8-9 a.m. at Bentley Commons of Staunton. Our area legislators, State Sen. Emmett Hanger and State Dels. Steve Landes, Ben Cline and Dickie Bell, will be briefing members on hot issues and bills…

Roundup: JMU gets another W, VMI, EMU post victories

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Four players scored in double figures and James Madison shot 54% from the floor to defeat Presbyterian College 65-56 Tuesday night in the Harrisonburg Subregional of the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic at the Convocation Center. JMU won its third game in a row to improve to 3-1 while PC fell to 1-4 with the…

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Chris Graham

JMU gets another W Four players scored in double figures and James Madison shot 54% from the floor to defeat Presbyterian College 65-56 Tuesday night in the Harrisonburg Subregional of the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic at the Convocation Center. JMU won its third game in a row to improve to 3-1 while PC fell…

EMU team shines in accounting challenge

Jim Bishop

They came, they collaborated, they crunched the numbers and were rewarded for their efforts in a grueling regional business competition sponsored by Goodman & Company, a major Virginia accounting firm. A team of Eastern Mennonite University senior accounting majors tied for fourth place in the final round of competition with a team from the University…

Press Conference: Mike London

Chris Graham

Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the news media on Monday. Virginia (4-7, 1-6 ACC) travels to Virginia Tech (9-2, 7-0 ACC) on Saturday. QUESTION:   What is the game plan as far as Tyrod Taylor?  LONDON:  I tell you what, you’ve seen a lot of people try to game plan him certain ways, but…

Virginia lifts restrictions on long hair, beards in state prisons

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After 11 years and an ACLU lawsuit, the Virginia Department of Corrections confirmed today that it was finally allowing prisoners with long hair or beards out of segregation. The ACLU lawsuit, filed in 2003 on behalf of Muslim and Rastafarian prisoners, claimed that DOC’s policy requiring inmates to be clean shaven and to keep their…