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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Staunton’s paving program will begin the week of April 12. City residents are advised that parking may be temporarily restricted on residential streets. Homeowners should make appropriate plans. Dates are approximate and may change due to weather and/or work conditions. Work should be completed by 6 p.m.each day.
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Column by Brag Bowling Submit guest columns: [email protected] The Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans congratulates and thanks Gov. McDonnell for showing both the insight and the courage to proclaim April as Confederate History Month in Virginia.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell visited Virginia Commonwealth University’s Minimally Invasive Surgery Center today to sign into law legislation dramatically expanding telemedicine coverage for Virginians. The governor was joined at the early afternoon event by Dr. Michael Rao, president of VCU, and Dr. Karen Rheuban, medical director of the University of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The race for the soon-to-be-open seat representing Harrisonburg and a swath of Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates is starting to take shape. “I’ve made the decision. I’m not going to run this year. I may do something again in the future, but 2010 is not going…
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Column by Chris DeWald Submit guest columns: [email protected] If you are capable of going out, whether it be alone or with a caregiver, get outdoors. Depending on your mental and physical situation, this shall dictate what type of food store is easier for you. By this, I mean you do not “overload,” get “hemmed”…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s Ken Cuccinelli’s world, and we’re just living in it. “He’s just sucking the oxygen out of Richmond,” observed Quentin Kidd, a political-science professor at Christopher Newport University, and it’s not just Richmond gasping for air right now. Put yourself in the shoes of Gov. Bob McDonnell or Lt….
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro police ran 633 calls in 2009 for what turned out to be false alarms triggered by electronic security systems. That’s a call or two a day every day for the year. At 28 minutes per call on average spent dealing with the calls, that’s a half-hour to an…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Harrisonburg Mayor Kai Degner is throwing his hat into the ring for the soon-to-be-open 26th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. “At a time when the General Assembly’s decisions are so severely impacting local government budgets, be it in education, transportation, law enforcement, environmental security, social services…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell signed the Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act in a mid-afternoon ceremony today in Richmond. McDonnell, a Republican, was joined at the bill signing by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, State Sens. Steve Martin, Fred Quayle and Jill Vogel and Del. Bob Marshall, all Republicans. “We all agree that…
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Column by Christopher G. Miller Submit guest columns: [email protected] Over the past 50 years, the cities, towns, and suburban neighborhoods of Virginia have grown dramatically, adding millions of new people, new shopping malls, and the roads and parking lots that go with them. The storm sewers and other facilities we have were not built…
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