
Nan Grogan Orrock: The budget and Pentagon spending
Budget decisions in Washington come home to roost right here close to home. And the impact can be devastating.

Budget decisions in Washington come home to roost right here close to home. And the impact can be devastating.

First elected in 1996 to the Staunton City Council, where he stayed for 13 years, Dickie Bell has been serving in the Virginia General Assembly since 2009

I have not eaten at Chick-Fil-A in over 6 months. It is not because I disagree with their corporately shared religious and social beliefs

Weather! Now, that’s something we’re all talking about this summer. In two weeks, campers at the Staunton Augusta Art Center’s Summer Studio will learn how weather has been artistically portrayed through the ages and they will learn techniques to create their own dynamic interpretations

Learning is taking a trip on unchartered waters. You know where you wish to go, but you don’t know how best to get there

This is my last political campaign, and it got me a little nostalgic. So I started thinking about some of my early campaigns – when I was running as a state senator, when I was running for U.S. senator back in my home state of Illinois

On Thursday, George Allen brought the Virginia Voices initiative to Roanoke where he listened to hardworking men and women about their concerns and shared ideas for fixing Washington

President Obama talks to voters at a campaign event in Virginia Beach on Friday

Twenty-two years ago this month, the people of Liberia suffered the devastating effects of of civil war. The country’s economic, political, and social systems were decimated. The United Nations estimates that 250,000 people were killed and one million displaced. Children suffered the most; tens of thousands were abandoned or orphaned. Most were powerless against exploitation…

Gov. Bob McDonnell and Secretary of Education Laura Fornash on Tuesday announced “The Governor’s K-12 Education Reform Summit: Investing in Students Today, Creating the Workforce of Tomorrow,” hosted by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce
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