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Friday, Aug. 14 – Local News: RMH employees pass gift goal Thursday, Aug. 13 – Local News: Staunton City Council meeting tonight – State News: Good economic news in Martinsville Wednesday, Aug. 12 – Local News: Augusta County Board of Supervisors meeting agenda Tuesday, Aug. 11 – State News: Jail agrees to change policies regarding…
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Governor Timothy M. Kaine today released the following statement in response to the clemency petitions of Danial Williams, Derek Tice, Joseph Dick and Eric Wilson:
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Barack Obama rode the change we need to the White House. Al Groh will have to see some change indeed to keep his job. “I don’t know if there’s a number of games he has to win. It’s hard to say that on the front end, because a lot depends on how the season unfolds,”…
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I thought it was a done deal. Redshirt junior Drew Dudzik was Rodney Landers’ backup in 2008 and got his baptism-by-fire when Landers went down in the first half of James Madison’s 35-27 national-semifinal loss to Montana, throwing for 70 yards and running for 88 yards, two touchdowns and a two-point conversion for the highlight…
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The first step was convincing people that the old Robert E. Lee High School was a building worth saving. The men at the head of the development group leading the effort to transform the 80-year-old school campus into the new home for the Staunton Senior Center and ShenanArts didn’t have to do all that much…
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Republicans for Deeds. A prominent Democrat for McDonnell. The fight for the center is on. “Eighteen years ago, I came to Richmond as a freshman delegate with both Creigh Deeds and Bob McDonnell,” former Roanoke Republican State Sen. Brandon Bell said this week at the launch of what is formally known as Virginians for Deeds,…
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Dr. Shannon Franklin, Optometrist, was elected to serve as Secretary/Treasurer of the Virginia Optometric Association (VOA) at its 107th annual convention in Williamsburg.
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Friday, July 24 – Bills in Congress could impact voter disenfranchisement in Virginia Thursday, July 23 – State health department reports swine-flu death Wednesday, July 22 – Kaine statement on recovery of Cho records – Kaine calls special legislative session to deal with fallout from Melendez-Diaz decision Tuesday, July 21 – Kaine announces formation of…
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It was one more close encounter of the best kind that quickly became commonplace for four pilgrims from Virginia turned loose amid the sweeping grandeur of Alaska. Wife Anna and I and friends Glenn and Kathy Zendt from Staunton were about four days into our great Alaska adventure. I was about to take my assigned…
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One hundred years ago, on July 17, 1909, Sen. William E. Borah (R-ID) wrote the words, “The income tax is the fairest and most equitable of the taxes. It is the one tax which approaches us in the hour of prosperity and departs in the hour of adversity. Certainly, it will be conceded by all…
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