ATVs report: Paved roads, no helmets common in fatal accidents
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A new report highlights the dangers posed by using ATVs on roadways, without helmets and when consuming alcohol.
Search Results for United Way
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Earth Talk: Antarctica ice melt and its impact on coastlines
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Antarctica, roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined, is composed of rock covered by glaciers some 16,000 feet thick. The glaciers form from fallen snow compacting into successive layers of ice, and they eventually move downhill toward the coasts and “calve” into the ocean as icebergs and eventually melt out into the sea.
Chris Graham: Letter from a Ferguson Jail
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Why I am writing about Ferguson. Mo.? A young man, Michael Brown, of Ferguson, Mo., accused now of being involved in a strong-arm robbery, of a small pack of cigars, actually at most shoplifting and shoving, those of us worldwide who have seen the video provided to us so facetiously by the Ferguson, Mo., police department, can agree, was shot multiple times by a police officer and left for dead for hours, like roadkill, in the middle of a street.
Gov. McAuliffe address to General Assembly money committees
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe addresses members of the money committees in the Virginia General Assembly updating the state’s current finances.
Washington Redskins file appeal of trademark decision
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The Washington Redskins NFL team filed its appeal of the split decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ordering cancellation of the Washington Redskins’ long-held federal trademark registrations.
Valley Program for Aging Services News/Notes
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The latest news from the Valley Program for Aging Services, which provides services to seniors in Harrisonburg-Rockingham, Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro, Rockbridge, Bath and Highland.
Downtown Staunton churches collaborate for Helping Hands Day Camp
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From August 11-15, 2014, four Downtown Staunton churches are collaborating on the second annual Helping Hands Day Camp for 60 children from Staunton, Waynesboro, Richmond, and Augusta, Rockbridge and Rockingham counties.
President Obama on economy, international situations, more at Dem event
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Remarks at a Democratic Senate Campaign Committee event in Tisbury, Mass., from President Barack Obama on the economy, international situations and more.
Storylines for Eagle Classic Presented by Bag Boy
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The Symetra Tour, the Road to the LPGA Tour, enters the home stretch of its season with the fourth to last event of the year at the Eagle Classic Presented by Bag Boy. The three-round event will begin on Friday, August 15, and run through Sunday, August 17, at Richmond Country Club.
Opposition to Dominion pipeline grows in Nelson County
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Friends of Nelson, one of several groups opposing Dominion’s proposed 42” natural gas pipeline, calls the project incompatible with the tourism and agricultural way of life in the mountainous rural county.
