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People had to know back in the ‘70s and ‘80s that cigarettes weren’t good for you, right?

People had to know back in the ‘70s and ‘80s that cigarettes weren’t good for you, right?

Chris Graham joins The Mark Moses Show to talk UVA basketball and preview the 2019 WWE Royal Rumble.

Day of my college graduation, May 22, 1994, a Sunday. Big day for the family. I’m the first in either of my families to graduate from college.

In his book, “The Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell coined the term “connector,” referring to “a handful of people with a truly extraordinary knack [… for] making friends and acquaintances.”

My mom packed my sister and me into the car one night the summer before eighth grade, 1985, for a drive, which was odd, because we didn’t go for night rides, since Mom couldn’t see well at night.

A powerful multisensory installation of sculpture and sound by American contemporary artist, poet and activist Vanessa German will be on view at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia Feb. 22 through July 7.

Beverley Street Studio School Gallery will host Nan Covert’s Exhibit of recent paintings, Paint & Places: Dare County, NC. Highland County, VA. The Exhibition will run from Jan. 25 to March 10.

Democrats, in our coffee shops, scooting around town in our hybrids listening to NPR, over local-sourced dinners with our foodie friends, find ourselves at an uncharacteristic loss for words when forced to confront the uncomfortable reality.

UVA announced plans today to establish a School of Data Science, an effort made possible in part by the largest private gift in the institution’s 200-year history.

Wendell Coleman of Fishersville will be seeking re-election to the Augusta County Board of Supervisors representing the Wayne District during the upcoming General Election on Nov. 5.
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