Today’s Events
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Here is a list of events ongoing today in the Central Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. For a complete rundown of what is on the local events schedule, go to our Calendar of Events.
Search Results for Rockbridge County
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Valley: Groups seek ruling against I-81 widening
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A coalition of advocacy groups that filed a federal lawsuit last year to block the proposed $11.4 billion widening of Interstate 81 filed a motion in federal court in Charlottesville last week seeking a positive judgment in the case. “We have asked the court to require that (the Virginia Department…
Valley: Ag Secretary designates drought disasters
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine on Monday announced that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has designated 11 Virginia counties primary natural-disaster areas due to the spring and summer drought, including on that list Nelson County, and that 24 contiguous counties including Rockbridge and Augusta had also received contiguous disaster status, making farmers…
Winners and Losers: Frederick, Gilmore, Rasoul, Bush, McCain
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSER: Jeff Frederick and the right to vote The guy whose aim seems to be to sink the Republican Party of Virginia to the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay was at it again this week. “This might not be illegal, but it sure stinks to high heaven. Is this really…
The legislative district that ties UVa., Virginia Tech, as a reason for nonpartisan redistricting
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Creigh Deeds lives 85 miles from Charlottesville. That’s how far I am from Richmond, give or take a mile or two. Can you imagine a legislative district that would somehow link Waynesboro and Richmond? Yeah. Not much of a community of interest there. Right? But Deeds represents Charlottesville in the…
Citizens groups join suit to block I-81 widening
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The New Jersey Turnpike in the Shenandoah Valley. That’s what critics of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Interstate 81 widening plan envision happening if the engineers get their wishes. “For us, our mission is to protect farms, forests, open spaces and cultural heritage – and this is impacting all of…
The state of manufacturing in the Valley
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The Top Story by Chris Graham It was around the turn of the new century that David Kleppinger first picked up on what has since become the new trend in economic development.
Nighty night: What being a bedroom community really means
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The Greater Augusta area is a bedroom community for Charlottesville to the east and Harrisonburg to the north – that’s a fact.
The end of the car tax as we know it – revisited
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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…
Sime happy as independent
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Story by Chris Graham The headlines last summer had Arin Sime working hard behind the scenes to try to convince local Republican leaders that he could be the man to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger. And there was what was actually taking place. “That whole episode was interesting,” said Sime, a Crozet businessman who…
