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Augusta Free Press LLC is in charge of sponsorship sales for the 2012 Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 22, in Downtown Waynesboro. The sixth annual festival features a performance by Grammy-nominated blues artist John Lee Hooker Jr. and a chili cook-off
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Commissioner Jim Rothrock of the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services today joined Sandra Cook, chairwoman of the State Rehabilitation Council, in announcing the Roy J. Ward Employee Leadership Recognition Awards for outstanding service
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Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte and former Virginia governor and United States senator George Allen are the heavy favorites heading into Republican Party primaries in Virginia on Tuesday, but the final hours will be uneasy ones for the veteran lawmakers
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The recent Friends of Coal Rally in Abingdon had a decidedly Republican face on it. Although flyers advertising the rally claimed that all Congressional candidates had been invited, I was not. I’ve had a longstanding commitment to coal miners and have worked to support improved black lung legislation
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A week ago, I met 2,000 people who would like nothing more than to give President Obama a lump of coal on Election Day. But what they really want to do is keep giving the entire nation coal-the coal we need for our coal-fired power plants, for our domestic steel production, and to reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources
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Roundup of a busy night of action in minor-league baseball in Virginia on Saturday
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Where we are as a culture is the physical manifestation of billions of individual decisions over the last decades–including the decision to become involved in the governance process
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Susan Allen was joined by Congressman Bob Goodlatte Saturday for campaign events in Staunton and Roanoke. In Staunton, Congressman Goodlatte and Susan Allen headlined a “Send a Message” lunch event at Mrs. Rowe’s Family Restaurant
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In 2010, the City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro and Augusta County micropolitan area exports of goods and services totaled $643 million according to Brookings Institution’s report – Export Nation 2012
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Big Labor must be reeling after the one-two punch they just received-first they were pummeled in Wisconsin and now organized labor has beat a major retreat here in Virginia
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