
EMU names new volleyball coach
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of Gary Moore as its next head men’s volleyball coach. Moore becomes the seventh head mentor of the men’s program, which was started in 1991.

Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of Gary Moore as its next head men’s volleyball coach. Moore becomes the seventh head mentor of the men’s program, which was started in 1991.

Heading into last season’s home finale against rival Virginia Tech, Mike London was on top of the world. His UVa. football team was 8-3 after a stretch with six wins in seven games, including wins on the road at Miami and Florida State. London could do no wrong.

Barack Obama and Tim Kaine are looking good in Virginia in 2012. And then you look ahead to 2013, and it looks again like Republicans have the inside track to a statewide sweep.

The Staunton Music Guild recently accepted a $1,000 check in honor of the late Ray Houser during the closing ceremonies of the Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce’s Good Times, Tastes & Traditions Festival.

The Shenandoah Valley Spay/Neuter Clinic will perform its 100,000th surgery since opening in January 2005 on Monday, Sept. 24th. This milestone marks the ongoing success of the Clinic.

The SWAG Writers (Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Blue Ridge Writers Club) Reading Series continues with a reading and talk by Inman Majors, award-winning author of Love’s Winning Plays (W.W. Norton, August 2012) and three previous novels.

Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery is pleased to announce its newest board member, Jacob Penrod, Esquire, of Hoover Penrod PLC.

Josef Beery will draw upon his almost three decades of experience in printmaking and publication design when he speaks at “Conversations about Art” on Monday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged in August at 5.9 percent, but was down 0.5 percentage point from August a year ago.

Ever since I became the Commissioner of Agriculture two years ago and gained a broader view of agriculture throughout the entire state, I have noticed that Virginia really values its farmers. Of course agriculture is the state’s largest industry, and I’m sure that earns us some points right there. But I think there is a deep-seated appreciation of our farmers in Virginia and a realization of how much they contribute to our quality of life.
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