Randy Forbes: Stories from Virginia small business owners
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American small businesses have been the backbone of our nation’s economy for centuries. Today, more than half of Americans either own or work for a small business.
Search Results for cancer
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby founder must rein in overaggressive volunteers
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At stake are trillions of dollars, countless jobs, the security of our energy supply, and, if people like Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) founder and president, Marshall Saunders, are right, the fate of the global environment itself.
Climate change denial is a scam
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The editorial “Obama misleads cadets on climate change” should have been entitled “Tom Harris misleads on climate change.” It’s his job. Canadian Harris and Australian Bryan Leyland, who co-wrote this editorial, are paid by fossil fuel corporations to deny real climate science (“DeSmog Blog,” one of TIME’s Top Ten Blogs).
Lynchburg powers to 5-3 win over Frederick
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Home runs from Eric Haase and Luigi Rodriguez in the seventh vaulted the Hillcats to a 5-3 win over the Frederick Keys on Saturday night. Dace Kime made his third start at the high-A level and went five innings, allowing just one run in a no-decision.
Lynchburg Hillcats drop series opener to Keys, 14-4
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A three-run first, six-run fifth, and five-run seventh paved the way for the Frederick Keys blowout win over Lynchburg on Friday night. Bradley Zimmer hit his league-best eighth home run and Joe Sever collected two RBIs for the Hillcats.
California winemaker herbicide spraying upsets parents, neighbors
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Apple Blossom School has a nice ring to it, as does the Orchard View School at its side. The nearby Tree House Hollow pre-school, with children as young as two and three years old, continues this agrarian theme.
Report: As coal ash problems continue, Virginia DEQ In position to order effective cleanup
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is facing increasing pressure from the public to clean up coal ash in a manner that is protective of both human health and the environment.
Augusta Health recognizes top nurses
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Most folks, when asked to describe nurses, will use the words ‘caring, compassionate and gentle’ or ‘reliable, stead and there when you need them.’ That vocabulary list should also include, ‘life-long learners’.
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia applauds attorney general opinion on clinics
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This morning, the Office of the Attorney General issued new legal guidance regarding how the Virginia Department of Health and State Board of Health can proceed with implementing revisions to Virginia’s TRAP regulations.
Hillcats drop pitchers’ duel
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Lynchburg starter, Adam Plutko turned in another good outing on Sunday afternoon, but the Hillcats offense couldn’t get much going and Plutko took his second tough luck loss of the season.
