
Robert Hurt: Small businesses are the key to more jobs
Last week, I traveled the Fifth District visiting small businesses throughout Central and Southside Virginia in recognition of National Small Business Week.

Last week, I traveled the Fifth District visiting small businesses throughout Central and Southside Virginia in recognition of National Small Business Week.

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While the proposed changes are not final they do give us some insight as to what the insurers are thinking when it comes to the rates they are currently charging and what they feel they’ll need to charge to make Obamacare work.

Motorists should expect single lane traffic on the Route 42 Calfpasture River bridge near Route 39 in the Goshen area of Rockbridge County.

The fourth-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the 2014 NCAA Tournament with a 4-0 victory over No. 5 Baylor Sunday afternoon at the Ken Byers Tennis Center on the campus of Georgia Tech.

The UVa. baseball team begins postseason play on Thursday (May 22) when it competes in the 2014 ACC Baseball Championship at NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The Staunton Augusta Art Center and Beverley Street Studio School are collaborating on a major new exhibition titled The American Landscape.

Just in time for this week’s start to the busy holiday travel season, motorists across the country are finally feeling some relief at the gas pump.

David Nick’s two-run double in the first inning highlighted a three-run frame and sent Lynchburg on its way to 5-1 victory against Wilmington in front of a season-high 4,614 fans at Calvin Falwell Field Saturday night.

A 6-0 second-half scoring run propelled the sixth-seeded UVa. women’s lacrosse team (12-8) to a 10-9 upset victory over third-seeded North Carolina (15-5) in the quarterfinals of the 2014 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship on Saturday (May 17) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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