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The Top Story by Chris Graham The Shenandoah Valley is usually pretty tame as far as its politics goes – but even the solid Republican Mountain Valley has seen its share of contentiousness this political season. To wit … – One of the highlights of the Augusta County Fair this summer was an episode…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham It’s politics to some people – the debate over a proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would prohibit gays and lesbians from being able to enter into a state-recognized marriage or civil union. For those whose lives would be impacted directly by the much-talked-about change to the…
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Story by Chris Graham Michael McCann, like the rest of us, assumed that the talk about how NBA players who had entered the league straight out of high school were ruining the professional game was at least somewhat on target. So when the law professor began to notice that his research into the impact of…
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Story by Chris Graham Everything about soccer in the United States would seem to point in the direction of the sport taking on more prominent status in American popular culture. An estimated 18 million Americans are on an organized youth or adult soccer team – only basketball has more active team participants.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The focus on faith and values issues in politics is so much on the religious right and what it does to inject itself into debates on the topics of the day that one can almost fail to recognize that the religious left gets practically nothing in this respect…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Ntelos is back on the stock market – but as shares in the Waynesboro-based telecommunications provider hover in the $12 range following an initial public offering on the NASDAQ exchange last month, questions regarding where the company fits into the crowded technology sector abound. “For Ntelos and companies…
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Story by Chris Graham They ask you to open your coat, to let them look inside your bag, to examine your rolled-up stadium blanket, just to be safe. It’s a nuisance, sure, but after 9/11, who’s going to complain, right? “I think since 9/11 we’ve become more tolerant of intrusions on our property and person…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham One problem that Waynesboro has with regard to its plans for revitalizing its downtown-business district is “the fact that we don’t have buildings,” downtown businessman Len Poulin said. “But as I like to say, the biggest advantage that we have in rebuilding downtown is that we don’t have…
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Story by Chris Graham The numbers at the top of the page on Election Night in Virginia were nothing if not surprising. Republicans Bill Bolling and Bob McDonnell swept to apparent victories in the lieutenant-governor and attorney-general races, respectively. Meanwhile, GOP candidates were holding on to a solid majority in the House of Delegates –…
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Story by Chris Graham Either Virginia sportsmen are the key to winning the 2005 Virginia governor’s race – or Tim Kaine and Jerry Kilgore are plumb running out of ideas. “Neither one has been able to get any traction with voters, so they’re grasping at straws. They’re grasping at the sportsmen issue. They’re trying…
