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With the Nation observing Tornado Preparedness Month in March, the 10th anniversary of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program comes at a perfect time to highlight CERT’s regional support for disaster response and relief education.
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The body recovered from Back Creek in Bath County has been positively identified by the Roanoke Medical Examiner’s Office as Harriet C. Cobb, 62, of Rockingham County. A search team located the body in Back Creek after 11 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2013, approximately three-tenths of a mile from where Harriet Cobb’s vehicle was discovered. Foul play is not suspected.
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Top seed Miami played with fire before shaking off upset-minded Boston College, 69-58, in the quarterfinal round of the 2013 ACC Tournament on Friday.
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The No. 12 Virginia baseball team earned a 7-2 victory over Liberty Wednesday evening at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers (15-1) capped their 14-game homestand with a 13-1 record before heading off to Clemson this weekend for a three-game ACC series.
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Ray Lopez went 3 for 4 with two RBI and two runs scored, T.J. Lighton pitched four scoreless innings to earn his first career win and John Garrett pitched three scoreless innings to close out the game as the VMI Keydets defeated the William & Mary Tribe, 6-2, in non-conference baseball action Wednesday in Williamsburg, Va. The win was VMI’s second victory in its last three trips to Plumeri Park, after never having won at W&M’s home facility in the park’s previous 12 years of existence.
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Staunton City Manage Stephen F. Owen announced today the selection of Steven L. Rosenberg as assistant city manager. Rosenberg replaces James M. Halasz, who left Staunton to accept the position of Halifax County administrator last July.
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Shenandoah National Park Fire Managers plan to burn 500 acres in the park’s south district sometime between March 15 and April 30. The burn area is located west of Jarman Gap and northeast of Waynesboro, Virginia.
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The No. 17th-ranked UVa. baseball team improved to 14-0 on the season with a doubleheader sweep against Maryland Saturday in the ACC opener at Davenport Field. A walk-off double from Derek Fisher (So., Rexmont, Pa.) lifted the Cavaliers to a 7-6 win in the opener before three pitchers combined for a 5-0 UVa shutout in the nightcap.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today updated the Commonwealth’s response to the recent winter storm that struck Virginia, and the impact the storm had on the state. The storm claimed three lives, two due to automobile accidents and one due to a falling tree. At its peak the storm cut electrical service to approximately 370,000 customers, but electric crews continue to make fast progress in restoration efforts with outages now down to less than 100,000 connections. Dominion Virginia Power estimates that 95 percent of its remaining outages will be restored by Friday evening at the latest.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell sent the following letter this afternoon to United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius detailing and explaining recent legislative actions in the Commonwealth regarding the Medicaid program.
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