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On Saturday, March 8, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the return of the Civil War of the Shenandoah Valley with the first of two 1864-2014 Sesquicentennial conferences: “May God Forgive Me for the Order”: The War Returns to the Valley.
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Virginia State Police investigators have been tight-lipped about the death of Waynesboro Police Reserve Capt. Kevin Quick, but they are now confirming that the death is being investigated as a homicide.
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The Women’s Reproductive Health Caucus held a press conference Tuesday outlining their efforts to roll back extreme legislation backed by Republicans to obstruct women’s access to health care.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) announced Tuesday that Ann Edwards Rust will serve as his State Director and Lou Arnatt Kadiri will serve as his Deputy State Director.
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The Wednesday (Feb. 19) baseball game between #1 UVa. and William and Mary, scheduled to be played at 4 p.m. at UVa’s Davenport Field, will now be played in Williamsburg at William and Mary’s Plumeri Park at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Field conditions at Davenport Field prompted the change.
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No doubt UVa. head coach Tony Bennett is going to have his work cut out for him trying to make sense of the tape from the 57-53 win over Virginia Tech Tuesday night.
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Charlottesville author Marietta McCarty, whose books include The Philosopher’s Table, How Philosophy Can Save Your Life and the national bestseller Little Big Minds, has contracted Augusta Free Press to lead her marketing and web efforts.
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Extensive research led by Mary Baldwin College professor Amy Tillerson Brown into a local African-American cemetery is now easily accessible online on a new website produced by Augusta Free Press.
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Last week, Arthur Ordel of Albemarle County and Robert L. Sales of Amherst County each received the French Legion of Honor as a token of gratitude for helping liberate France from Nazi German occupation.
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UVa. (21-5, 12-1 ACC) is a season-high 13th in the USA Today coaches poll and 14th in the Associated Press poll this week.
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