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Perhaps no one follows the weather more closely than farmers. And now weather data from the state’s agricultural research stations is available to anyone with an Internet connection.
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Virginia’s Mike Papi (So., Tunkhannock, Pa.) and Kyle Crockett (Jr., Poquoson, Va.) each earned All-America honors Wednesday from a pair of national organizations. Papi was named a First-Team All-American by Baseball America, while Crockett was tabbed a Third-Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
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The newly-elected Democratic Ticket of Terry McAuliffe, Ralph Northam, and Mark Herring appeared at the Democratic Party of Virginia’s Unity Breakfast on Wednesday morning following Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Attendees heard from all three candidates on the ticket, who rallied Virginia Democrats to work as a united front toward victory in November and stressed how they are focused on driving a mainstream agenda of job creation and economic growth across the Commonwealth.
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Former Attorney General Mary Sue Terry released a statement today responding to the reports that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office has been actively strategizing with lawyers for two energy companies in a lawsuit to avoid paying Virginia landowners millions in mining royalties.
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The Women’s Strike Force has endorsed the slate of Democratic candidates for the top three elected slots in the Commonwealth following Virginia’s primary Tuesday.
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State Sens. Ralph Northam and Mark Herring will complete the Democratic Party ticket for the 2013 state elections. Northam, D-Norfolk, defeated Aneesh Chopra for the lieutenant governor nomination, with 54.3 percent of the more than 140,000 votes cast. Herring, D-Leesburg, won a tighter battle with former federal prosecutor Justin Fairfax for the attorney general nomination, with 51.6 percent of the votes going to Herring.
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National Small Business Week comes to the Valley June 17-21 with a series of workshops being offered by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Celebrate Small Business! will offer five workshops on five days in five locations from Luray to Harrisonburg to Lexington. All the workshops are free to the business community.
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Being the cartoonist for King Features’ Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comic strip has been the greatest joy of John Rose’s professional career. Rose, who will sign copies of his book The Bodacious Best of Snuffy Smith at Bookworks in Downtown Staunton on Saturday from 3-5 p.m., always wanted to be a cartoonist. He started drawing on his parents’ living room walls and continued throughout his school years in the margins of his test papers (hoping for extra credit).
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) today sent a letter to the chairmen of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Robert F. Bauer and Benjamin L. Ginsberg, urging them to take strong steps to address the hours-long election lines that too many voters endured during the 2012 election.
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Prominent Virginia business leaders Jimmy Hazel, S. Buford Scott and David Addison announced their support for Terry McAuliffe on Monday. Hazel is the current chairman of Virginia FREE (Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education), a nonpartisan organization which provides information to Virginia’s business community in order to advance responsible, pro-business government. Scott is a former Chairman of Virginia FREE and Addison is currently a member of their Board of Directors.
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