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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary is officially here with the advent of 2010. Construction of the 469-mile All American Scenic Byway began Sept. 11, 1935, at Cumberland Knob, near the North Carolina and Virginia border. A celebration of this special American treasure and its importance as a cultural,…
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Staff Report [email protected] Virginia head football coach Mike London has announced that Bill Lazor has joined the Cavalier football coaching staff. He becomes the eighth member of London’s staff and will serve as the offensive coordinator. Lazor comes to Virginia after seven seasons in the NFL, most recently as the quarterbacks coach the past…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You talk to one Democrat, and the party definitely, no question, needs to restrategize toward the middle. The blowback from voters in Massachusetts is an obvious clear signal. The nation isn’t comfortable with the direction things had been headed on health care and the stimulus. Time to pull things…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Bruce Arena, whose coaching record includes five NCAA Championships as the head coach of Virginia, two FIFA World Cups with the United States and two MLS Cup titles, has been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2010 on the Builder ballot. To be eligible for…
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Column by Del. Rob Bell www.delegaterobbell.com Last Saturday, I was very surprised to hear that Gov. Tim Kaine had approved the transfer of a Virginia inmate, Jens Soering, to Germany. Pursuant to the agreement, Soering would be eligible for parole in as soon as two years. Soering was the University of Virginia student from…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The community is invited to a gathering of local authors and their books on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m. at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, 382 High St., Dayton. Following a discussion of each book, there will be a book signing. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell sent a letter to United States Attorney General Eric Holder last night officially revoking the Commonwealth’s consent to the planned transfer of convicted murderer Jens Soering to Germany. Last week, former Gov. Tim Kaine had requested the transfer of Soering, a former University of Virginia…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] That’s the multi-trillion-dollar question. It is that big a question because it is one that requires all of us to answer. Yet it is directed to only one segment of our economy, the one with an obesity problem. The “it,” of course, is government. What should…
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Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Three non-conference games to open the season and eight straight weeks of league play are included in James Madison University’s 2010 football schedule announced Tuesday. The Dukes will start the season with games with Morehead State and at Virginia Tech, have an off week and then host Liberty before…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Democrats from the House of Delegates and Senate joined together today to unveil omnibus legislation reforming Virginia’s Conflicts of Interest statute. The legislation was introduced in response to the ethical problems of former lawmaker and ranking Republican member of the House Appropriations Committee, Phil Hamilton, revealed last year. Hamilton…
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