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As one who actually ran twice as a candidate in the other party, I was surprised to receive a mass-mailed letter from the GOP nominee for Virginia’s Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli. He asked for my “advice and financial support immediately.” Surprised, but not amazed. Evidently both parties think they have my support. Last year I…
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Sunspots Studios is hosting a blood drive on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 2-6:30 p.m., with Virginia Blood Services. The first 25 donors will receive a $20 Sunspots’ gift certificate. All donors will also receive additional gifts through Virginia Blood Services.
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The 2009 fall campaign got its unofficial official kickoff down the Blue Ridge Parkway in Buena Vista at the Valley city’s annual Labor Day Parade Monday morning. “This is home,” Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds answered a Washington Post reporter about why he feels he will do well in the Valley in the elections…
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Jimmye Laycock was tipping his hand. His Tribe had just recovered a Vic Hall fumble at the Virginia 9. There’s 8:20 left in the third quarter, an eternity in a college-football game. William & Mary is down 14-13. A touchdown and two-point conversion gives them a seven-point lead.
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced that $13.9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds will pay for additional improvements to wastewater treatment plants and collection systems in Norton, Lexington, Richlands, Pulaski, Wise County and Tazewell County. ARRA funding for these projects has become available after bids for previously announced projects came in…
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It is a normal response for a brain injury, including a stroke, to get into a surrounding you are comfortable with. For me, it was my home. Initially I had no depth perception and the world outside my four walls was really big and scary. I was 50 years old and was a pretty good…
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Monica Goodling. That’s what a Bob McDonnell gubernatorial term means. Remember Monica? The 1999 graduate of Regent University who was a top aide to Bush administration Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez? Sure, you do. She’s the lawyer from the class at the former Christian Broadcasting Network University School of Law that had 60 percent of its…
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Virginia has been named the Infrastructure State of the Year by CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, a global leader in public and private infrastructure development. States were evaluated with a model that combines quantitative information, such as infrastructure investment per capita and end user cost of electricity, and an eight…
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Friday, Sept. 4 – State News: Alzheimer’s Association working on license plate Thursday, Sept. 3 – Economy: Initial unemployment claims down slightly Wednesday, Sept. 2 – State News: ACLU submits comments opposing proposed anonymous-juror rule – Local News: Free gas cards at Seventh-day Adventist Church Tuesday, Sept. 1 – State News: Lane closures lifted for…
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As veterans in our country’s military service, we each learned about leadership and how to get things done. But rarely, if ever, have we witnessed such a profound failure of leadership as that shown by the Shenandoah Valley’s current delegates at last week’s special session of the General Assembly.
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