Virginia Politics: Virginia Beach lawmaker retires to take job with Richmond law firm

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Virginia Beach Republican Terrie Suit is resigning from her seat in the Virginia House of Delegates to take a job with the Richmond-based Williams Mullen. “As lifelong military family members, we felt strongly that we should get involved in the community where we lived, plant roots, and advocate on behalf of…

NASCAR: Richmond races moved to Sunday due to Hanna

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Sprint Cup and Nationwide races at Richmond International Raceway this weekend have been moved to Sunday due to the impending arrival of Tropical Storm Hanna. The Emerson 250 Nationwide race had been scheduled for tonight. It has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday. The Chevy Rock & Roll 400…

Partnership cites JMU for supporting Richmond students’ higher-ed goals

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Item by Janet Smith James Madison University is the recipient of a Helping Hand Award from the Partnership for the Future, an organization that provides scholarly activities, internships and support for Richmond students in preparation for higher education. The award recognizes “individuals or organizations that go above and beyond the call of duty in support…

Jimmie Johnson on Richmond radio

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Two-time reigning NASCAR Sprint champion Jimmie Johnson will be in Virginia on Thursday to promote the September Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway as the cohost of “The Final Round” with Wes McElroy on Sports Radio 910. Johnson will join McElroy and a Yorktown fan, Lesley Ramey,…

Kaine pushing alternative work options in Richmond

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine has some ideas for saving state taxpayer money in this day and age of $4-a-gallon gasoline. Kaine announced yesterday a telework initiative for 120 employees in his Cabinet and in the governor’s office and a directive to all state agencies to consider ways to improve and expand…

UVa. rallies for 66-64 win over Richmond

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring commentary and analysis from SportsDominon editor Chris Graham on last night’s first-round College Basketball Invitational game between UVa. and Richmond and interviews with Virginia coach Dave Leitao and Richmond coach Chris Mooney. Show Length: 18:22. Dave Leitao called one timeout, then another, trying to…

Richmond-UVa. Live Blog!

That’s right! We need to use exclamation points! Because we are live at the inaugural College Basketball Invitational as the Virginia Cavaliers (15-15) prepare to face off with the visiting Richmond Spiders (16-14). SportsDominion editor Chris Graham is courtside at the John Paul Jones Arena for tonight’s scintillating action. Feel free to join in the…

Landes provides updates on legislative activities in Richmond

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Column by Steve Landes This last week in Richmond was one of the busiest and most eventful of the session, as the General Assembly has now reached the home stretch in completing its work for 2008. In a week that began with a federal holiday and ended with my attendance at the celebration of the…

JMU-Richmond game blog

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The SportsDominion is live at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg for today’s matchup between the sixth-ranked JMU Dukes and the 14th-ranked Richmond Spiders. Join us here for commentary and analysis during the game – and after the final whistle, come back right here for a special broadcast of “The SportsDominion Show” featuring postgame comments from JMU…