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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Republicans are talking tough on federal spending and the national debt right now, but where we they just a few years ago when they had control of Congress and the White House? “Both parties, Republicans and Democrats, have left these issues unaddressed,” said Jeff Vanke, an independent on the…
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A Washington Post endorsement reversed Creigh Deeds’ fortunes in the ’09 Democratic Party primary. Can Deeds get another boost from another Post endorsement? “If the current campaign for governor has clarified anything, it is that state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic nominee, has the good sense and political courage to maintain the forward-looking policies…
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Before we go any any further let us make it clear that our title is not directed solely at our current president. Or his administration. Or the Democrats who control Congress. Past presidents, administrations and Congresses – of both parties – have been guilty of the same crime. And what is this crime? Guilty of…
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Hard on the heels of “The Soloist” comes “State of Play,” another movie about the exciting lives of those rugged romantic rascals, the newspaper columnists. Don’tcha just love ‘em? “State of Play,” still running at the downtown Dixie in Staunton, is just more proof that America can’t seem to get enough stories about the hard-working…
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Liam McNamara will continue his football career at Division III Washington and Jefferson. “It was a very difficult decision to make,” said McNamara, of Fishersville, an Eagle Scout and battalion executive officer at Fishburne Military School who will play wide receiver for the Presidents, who are coming off their sixth 11-win season in D3.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The months of speculation are over. Sean Singletary is in the NBA. The UVa. point guard was taken with the 42nd pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings. Virginia Tech forward Deron Washington, meanwhile, is on his way to Eastern Conference finalist Detroit, who took Washington with the…
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The National Park Service released a report on Thursday that tells us the proposed 250-foot-high Arc de Trump that the Dear Leader wants to go up near Arlington National Cemetery would adversely affect the cemetery.
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Recent rainfall has led the Virginia Drought Monitoring Task Force to recommended de-escalating drought warning advisories in 15 counties and 10 cities in the New River, Middle James, and York-James drought evaluation regions.
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger is jumping into the fray in the proposed Dominion Energy-NextEra Energy merger.
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