Solarize Harrisonburg is happening!
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A local environmental group, Climate Action Alliance of the Valley (CAAV), is launching a Solarize Harrisonburg program.
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Saltwater cowboys ready for 89th annual Pony Penning at Chincoteague
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Excitement is in the air in this small island off the northeast coast of Virginia now recognized as the Happiest Seaside Town in America according to Coastal Living®. It’s Pony Penning time, also known as “homecoming” to ‘teaguers.
JMU’s Ty McFarland named to all-state baseball team
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James Madison senior third baseman Ty McFarland (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) was named First Team All-State by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) this week.
McAuliffe announces 596 new jobs at Fort Monroe
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Liberty-Source PBC, a flexible onshore business process outsourcing model that uniquely harnesses the talent of military spouses, will invest $1.56 million to establish an operation at Fort Monroe in the City of Hampton.
SMAC Swimming’s championship season starts strong
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The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club (SMAC) recently attended the Summer Awards Championship meet in Christiansburg, Virginia. This is the first championship meet of their long course season.
Summer storms can squash crops
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Severe thunderstorms and even a minor tornado rolled through parts of Southeast Virginia the week of July 6, causing property damage in the region. Hail and high winds associated with the storms also damaged crops on some farms.
American Farm Bureau: Federal estate taxes ripe for repeal
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With 218 co-sponsors—more than half of the U.S. House of Representatives—on board, legislation to repeal federal estate taxes is ripe for floor action, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Chris Graham: The freakonomics behind UVA retaining Mike London
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It was Adam Smith, the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith, who argued in 1776 that the daily operations of a firm are run by “principal clerks” who are essentially homogenous and interchangeable, whose “labour of inspection and direction may be either altogether or very nearly the same.” Which is another way of saying, when looking at UVA football in 2014, that the program is no better or worse off with Mike London as coach, somebody else as coach, or the proverbial empty chair, at least from an economics perspective.
Robert Hurt statement on Federal Reserve chair testimony
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Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after a Financial Services Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen entitled, “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy.”
Cuban national sentenced on meth distribution conviction
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Dairon Miguel Mencias-Perez was found guilty of distribution of methamphetamine and sentenced to 10 years in penitentiary time with six years suspended in the Waynesboro Circuit Court on Thursday.
