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Two nights earlier, Shane Halley was manning center field in the late innings of one of the more memorable College World Series games ever played. Sunday night, Halley, a University of Virginia junior, was in center at Kate Collins Field, and picking up the game-winning RBI for the Waynesboro Generals. “The College World Series was…
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The State Corporation Commission has approved a new fuel rate requested by Dominion Virginia Power that will take effect on July 1. The SCC accepted a plan that will spread the higher costs for fuel over a two-year period instead of the normal one-year recovery period. Ratepayers are not charged the financing costs of spreading…
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“You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by. And so become yourself because the past is just a good bye. Teach your children well . . .” – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970) VIRGINIA BEACH – What times we live in. I’m sitting at water’s edge of…
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RMH hospitalist Ganesh D. Kini, MD, PhD, has been named a Fellow in Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Kini was one of 175 hospitalists across the nation who were inducted as Fellows in May at SHM’s Hospital Medicine 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Kini serves as medical director, Hospital Division,…
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Gas prices are predicted to deter some Virginians from traveling this July 4th holiday weekend with close to 1.1 million expected to celebrate Independence Day with a trip of 50 miles or more from home, a decrease of 2.4 percent (or just about 27,500 less) over last year’s holiday. “The 2010 numbers represented a robust…
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Becker’s Hospital Review has published its list of 65 Great Community Hospitals, recognized as high-performing leaders in patient care, clinical quality and community outreach. Augusta Health in Fishersville, Virginia is one of the hospitals selected. To compile the list, the Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team analyzed and reviewed data from sources including the US News…
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Virginia had the bases loaded and nobody out in the top of the 13th inning. South Carolina was the team dogpiling in the bottom of the inning. Adam Matthews ran home from third after the second of two throwing errors by UVa. relief pitcher Cody Winiarski, and South Carolina advanced to the College World Series…
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Music stars have the Grammys, movie stars have the Oscars. TV stars have the Emmys and sports stars have the ESPYs. It’s an exclusive list that gets to enjoy one of the best night in sports, but the VCU men’s basketball team will be on that list next month. The Rams have earned an ESPY…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks Virginia news and sports with WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with coverage of the announcement tour of State Del. Ben Cline, R-Rockbridge, who is running for re-election in the 24th House District this fall. The discussion then turns to sports, specifically #1 UVa.’s must-win game against South…
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USDA NRCS has approved $50,000 in funding to sustain ongoing partnership activities with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to improve water quality in the Shenandoah Valley. Authorized through the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI), this project is part of a multi-stakeholder effort to target technical assistance and funding in the high-density animal production regions of Page,…
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