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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that Virginia Produce Company, a family-owned agricultural produce wholesaler located in Hillsville, will more than quadruple the size of its operating facility and create 75 new full-time equivalent positions.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that Virginia Secretary of Education Laura Fornash will depart the administration in mid-November to take the position of Executive Assistant to the President for State Government Relations with the University of Virginia.
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From the words of Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s novel, The Little Prince, “Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye…” Celia Culver Rutt has built a life dedicated to seeing what is unseen right in front of us.
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Hollins Playwright’s Lab grad students will kick off their second annual Red Eye 10s Coast to Coast Play Festival at WTA’s Gateway.
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Scores of University of Virginia students will gather this Friday, September 20th, at the University of Virginia’s rotunda steps (north side) at 1 p.m. to deliver a petition signed by over 8,000 concerned citizen calling on the University to restore in full its long-standing grant aid commitment to students from low-income families.
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An updated playing surface will be accompanied by a modernized look as JMU unveiled the official design for the Convocation Center basketball court.
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Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a slim 44 percent-41 percent lead over Republican Ken Cuccinelli in a tight Virginia governor’s race, according to a new poll released today by Quinnipiac University.
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Coming off a 25-11 record and a run to the WNIT Quarterfinals, head coach Kenny Brooks and the James Madison women’s basketball team announced its 14-game non-conference schedule for the 2013-14 season on Tuesday.
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Isabel Castillo, an advocate for immigration rights, will speak at Bridgewater College on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 9:30 a.m. in Cole Hall, as part of the college’s Constitution Day celebration.
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Today, two former James Madison University faculty members as well as current and former students called attention to Republican attorney general candidate Mark Obenshain’s time as a member of the James Madison University Board of Visitors and his crusade to stop the university’s health center from dispensing emergency contraception.
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