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VMI head basketball coach Duggar Baucom has received a contract extension through the 2014-2015 season, Athletic Director Donny White has announced. Baucom, who has established a system of fast-paced, uptempo style of hoops that has led the nation in Division I scoring for an unprecedented five consecutive years, has guided the Keydets to winning campaigns…
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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WKAV-1400AM’s “Mark Moses Show” to talk UVa. football. Mark has an interview with UVa. football coach Mike London next week, and he asked Chris – what do you think are the most important questions to ask Coach London? Chris breaks it down with a first and foremost focus on quarterbacks….
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On July 1, 2011, Peter Yates of the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg became the 111th president of the Virginia Press Association and Virginia Press Services, Inc. (VPA/VPS) Yates began his newspaper career in 1985 at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville. He became publisher of The Herald-Tribune in Batesville, Ind., in 1987. Yates published several newspapers…
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Virginia State Police are hoping someone in the Augusta County region can help locate a wanted sex offender. William Preston Perry, 62, was convicted in October 1995 in the City of Staunton Circuit Court for aggravated sexual battery involving a juvenile. He is currently wanted by state police for failing to re-register with the Virginia…
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation today announced that its Board of Trustees has elected Charlottesville pediatrician Michael Dickens as its new Chair and appointed six new Board members: Dr. Richard L. M. Coleman of Staunton; Dr. Gordon A. Haaland of Lancaster County, Virginia; Judge Stephen H. Helvin of Charlottesville; Dr. Edward G. Lengel of…
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A delegation of government officials from Afghanistan will arrive at the U.Va. Center for Politics on Sunday, July 3 to begin a three-week session focused on foundational principles of democratic governance as well as citizen participation and civic engagement in a democratic society. This U.S.-Afghanistan Professional Partnership Program is part of the Center’s international outreach…
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The Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball program welcomed two new members to its family on Wednesday with head coach Shaka Smart announcing the additions of Jamion Christian and Michael Morrell to his coaching staff. Christian comes to the Black & Gold sidelines after spending the past three years at William & Mary, while Morrell will…
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Schola Cantorum of Waynesboro and Barren Ridge Vineyards will be hosting ” A Little Wine Music” on Sunday, Aug. 21, at the Barren Ridge Vineyards, 984 Barren Ridge Road, Fishersville. Between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. you may drop in for hors d’oeuvres and a complimentary glass of Harmony, an award winning…
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Valley 4th, Harrisonburg’s annual Independence Day celebration, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year in downtown Harrisonburg. The Valley 4th festivities will take place on Monday, July 4th, from 3 to 10 pm on Court Square. Festival-goers will experience all of the patriotic sights and sounds that they look forward to each year, including appearances…
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On Monday (June 27, 2011), 62 new Virginia State Police troopers will begin their career on patrol in counties and along interstates across the Commonwealth. On Friday (June 24, 2011), the members of the 116th Basic Session will graduate from the Virginia State Police Academy in Richmond. The 62 graduates began their rigorous 37-week training…
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