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– Local News: Staunton City Council meeting agenda, Thursday, 10 a.m. – Local News: Toscano to headline Augusta County Dem breakfast, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. – Local News: No More War Rally in Staunton, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. – Local News: EMU students give up spring break to do service projects in Valley, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. –…
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– Local News: Augusta County Board of Supervisors meeting agenda, Wednesday, 9:05 a.m. – Local Events: Blue Highway in concert at Court Square Theater, Wednesday, 9:05 a.m. – Local Events: Philly graphic artist to display at EMU, Wednesday, 9:05 a.m. – Local News: Presidential Library announces Woodrow Wilson Forum, Wednesday, 9:05 a.m. – Local News:…
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With Congress prepared to throw another 410 billion of our taxpayer dollars out the window on superfluous projects many of which had previously been rejected at the state level, a few Democrats are finally waking up to smell the Arabica beans.
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A year ago, 26-year-old John C. Odom was a baseball pitcher, good enough to have been drafted into the San Francisco Giants system. On Election Night, John’s partying got out of control, and a cocktail of heroin, methamphetamine, alcohol and the stimulant party drug benzylpiperazine killed him.
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Last week, we received more sobering news as we learned that our economy lost another 651,000 jobs in February, bringing the national unemployment rate to 8.1 percent. In some communities in the Fifth District, the unemployment rate is nearly double this. 4.4 million Americans have now lost their jobs since this recession began last year,…
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Democratic Party gubernatorial-nomination candidate Creigh Deeds met with about 30 local voters Friday at Blue Mountain Coffee in Staunton. Deeds addressed questions from voters on education, transportation and government reform, then talked one-on-one with AFP editor Chris Graham about his campaign for the nomination and the upcoming June 9 party primary. Length: 16:54.
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Over the years that I have written this column I have refrained from offering any financial advice. And I have tried not to be an alarmist. We lived in a normal world. But that was then. This is now. There is nothing normal about 2009.
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– Local News: JMU school psych alumni honored for leading change in field, Friday, 10:25 a.m. – Local Events: Local artisan to exhibit at Waynesboro Heritage Museum, Friday, 10:25 a.m.
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Blogger Vivian Paige is reporting Friday morning that Richmond political consultant and activist Rich Savage is dropping out of the race for the Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nomination. Savage sent a statement announcing his intention to Page this morning. Paige reported on her blog that she confirmed the news in a phone call with Savage.
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When a bounced check for $14 ends up costing a consumer nearly $300 to pay back and leads to harassment and scare tactics from the company trying to recoup the debt, somebody needs to say something. Our trade association, ACA International, has been doing exactly that for the past three years in an effort to…
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