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Column by Frank Nolen Submit guest columns: [email protected] In 2007 the General Assembly passed legislation that greatly reduced the ability of the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to set just and reasonable electric rates. The result has been a 60 percent increase in the electric rates paid by customers of the Appalachian Power Company and…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] “For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ And to the downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’” – Job 37:6 (NASB) Snow, especially when it piles up, complicates our lives at the same time that it simplifies. We should welcome the interruptions that…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Eastern Mennonite University men’s basketball team is NCAA Tournament-bound for the first time in school history. The Royals (22-4) will also serve as hosts for a pool of games on opening weekend. EMU will play Centre College (Danville, Kent.) in the first round on Friday. Centre was 18-8…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] How’s business? You know, at your store. You say you don’t own a store. Sure you do. You and I own a whole chain of stores clear across the Commonwealth. I know that they are sometimes easy to overlook. They are small and we tend to…
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Why are our local school systems going to a job fair when they’re cutting jobs? Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It seems counterintuitive at first glance – to have a job fair to recruit potential new employees when the economic reality that you’re facing has you considering deep and painful cuts to staff….
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro Locality Team for Smart Beginnings Coalition of the Shenandoah Valley will be introducing its mission and local plans at a breakfast meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the Augusta Health Community Care Building in Fishersville from 8:30-10 a.m. “We look forward to introducing…
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Staff Report Bridgewater College news: www.bridgewater.edu The Bridgewater College Board of Trustees announced today in a special on-campus meeting that it has unanimously selected George Cornelius as the eighth president of the College. A seasoned leader in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, Cornelius will assume the presidency on July 1, 2010. He currently…
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Augusta Health Foundation monies help agencies help those most in need Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Running a food pantry isn’t easy even when times are supposedly good. Try getting enough food in to help those who are in need when things aren’t so good. “These organizations didn’t see a commensurate increase in donations to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The only thing Kat Carr was missing – “a bullhorn.” “Otherwise, yeah, I’d say it was kind of like the TV show,” said Carr, one of 25 Waynesboro Home Depot store employees that spent most of their days on Tuesday volunteering their time on the Rebuilding Together project at…
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Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Virginia Business magazine has named local legal aid attorney John Whitfield to its 2009 list of Virginia’s “Legal Elite.” Whitfield, a resident of Staunton, is the executive director of Blue Ridge Legal Services, the nonprofit legal aid society serving the Shenandoah Valley and Roanoke Valley.
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