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We’re nearing the final week of the 2010 midterm elections, and one of the marquee races on the national stage next Tuesday night is right here in our backyard. Democrat Tom Perriello is trailing in the polls to Republican challenger Robert Hurt, a state senator from Southside who has run in many ways the perfect…
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The largest deployment of solar power in the state of Virginia is about to come online at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, and that’s just the start of what they have planned up at EMU. “Colleges and universities across the state are watching us to see how this works out,” said Tony Smith, the CEO…
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Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the news media on Monday. UVa. (2-4, 0-3 ACC) takes on Eastern Michigan (1-6, 1-3 MAC) on Saturday. So with Morgan [Moses] switching around positions, what is the long term plan for him, and where do you see him going forward? COACH LONDON: As long as Landon Bradley’s…
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The Virginia Department of Transportation, in a late-afternoon Friday news dump, made several announcements regarding staff additions, including the hiring of a new chief financial officer, John W. Lawson. The 21-year VDOT veteran will oversee VDOT’s $3.3 billion annual budget and will provide oversight and bring innovation to VDOT’s spending of state and federal resources….
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A nurse practitioner and a high school basketball coach were cited Saturday during Homecoming and family weekend at Eastern Mennonite University for their work in exemplifying the highest ideals of their alma mater. Dwight A. Gingerich, a 1981 EMU graduate from Kalona, Iowa, received the “alumnus of the year” award for 2010. The award is…
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UVa. football coach Mike London talks with the news media on Monday. The Cavs (2-3, 0-2 ACC) host North Carolina (3-2, 1-1 ACC) on Saturday. QUESTION: Ras-I Dowling and Chase Minnifield are playing well. Cornerback seems like a strong position for the team – what makes those guys as good as they are? COACH LONDON:…
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Any advantage that there might be had related to the familiarity between the UVa. and Georgia Tech football coaching staffs should go to the ‘Hoos, former Virginia coach Al Groh is saying. “I say that because one, I taught our defense what we are doing here to the head coach and to the secondary coach….
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Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the media in advance of UVa.’s game this weekend at Georgia Tech. QUESTION: My question is about Saturday’s game. What was the desired effect of the white out, to see that visualized? And then do you have any other marketing or promotional plans that you are planning? COACH…
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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced today that his office has reissued a civil investigative demand to the University of Virginia related to research conducted by former UVa. professor Michael Mann into global climate change. The new CID has been drafted to comply with a judge’s ruling that had set aside an earlier CID attempt by…
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The United Way of Greater Augusta has tapped on three community leaders to head up its 2010 fundraising campaign. Joseph and Lisa Rosenberger will serve as co-chairs of the campaign, and G. Leonard Pittman Jr. will serve as the leadership chair for the campaign. Joseph Rosenberger is the founder of Rosenberger Financial Services located in…
