
Staunton VDOT District traffic alerts: Feb. 16-20
The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

The General Assembly has reached crossover, the point on the legislative calendar when each house must have completed work on bills introduced into its respective chamber. That point was Tuesday for all bills except for adjustments to the budget that will be considered on Thursday.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced tonight that Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews are prepared and ready for a statewide winter storm that is expected to bring significant snowfall across Virginia beginning Monday morning.

Highway work in the Lynchburg VDOT District requiring road/lane./structure closures is scheduled, weather permitting.

The following highway work is scheduled; weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

No. 2 UVA (23-1, 11-1 ACC) hosts Pitt (17-9, 6-6 ACC) in ACC action on Monday (Feb. 16). Tipoff for the sold out contest at John Paul Jones Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m.

The NCAA will tinker with the current 35-second shot clock in men’s basketball, and the tinkering will start with the 2015 National Invitation Tournament.

The 2015 Session of the General Assembly is hurdling toward adjournment. The word around here is that we may complete our work earlier than the scheduled February 28 adjournment.

The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline has increased every day for nearly three weeks for a total of 20 cents per gallon. Gas prices had previously dropped for a record 123 consecutive days before beginning to rise again on January 27.

Lost in all the attention being given to the absence of second-leading scorer Justin Anderson is the trouble that second-ranked UVA has had closing out games of late, a trend that dates back to the last couple of games before Anderson went down with a broken finger on his left hand.
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