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Sonjay Dutt is a young veteran – 28 years old, but now in his 10th year in the wrestling business. “I ask myself that all the time … where do I go, what do I do next?” said Dutt, a native Northern Virginian who is one of the building blocks on the Awesome Wrestling Entertainment…
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Public employees and unions have been getting a bad rap lately. As tax revenues have declined along with the value of public pension funds, government workers have been getting stuck with part of the blame for our current financial crisis. Local and state budgets have to be reduced to be in balance with revenue, but…
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Beginning March 25 motorists will encounter a paving work zone on Interstate 81 southbound between mile marker 217.66 and mile marker 214. This location is south of Staunton near exit 217 at Route 654 in the Mint Spring area and exit 213 at Route 11 in the Greenville area. Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District…
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Davidson used a 27-10 run over 10 minutes to turn a tie game into a 17-point second half lead and cruised to an 85-65 win over James Madison in the opening round of the College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen on Tuesday night in Belk Arena. DC improved to 18-14 with its ninth win…
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Virginia head football coach Mike London announced the addition of Marques Hagans to his football staff as a graduate assistant coach. Hagans will work with the offensive coaching staff. “Marques ‘Biscuit’ Hagans returning to UVa is a benefit for both of us,” said London. “He wants to learn and get involved in coaching – and…
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The innovative construction methods the Virginia Department of Transportation is using to rebuild part of Interstate 81 in Augusta County will reduce construction time by two-thirds, save VDOT millions of dollars and recycle existing road material back into the new pavement. VDOT’s research facility, the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research in Charlottesville, has…
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February revenue collections by the Commonwealth increased by 16.7 percent over the prior year. This is the 11th month out of the last 12 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. It is the fourth month in a row in which year-over-year revenue growth was greater than 9 percent. The revenue increase…
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Last year’s Congress failed in their most basic governing responsibility by not passing a budget for the first time since the Congressional Budget Act was adopted in 1974, and what we are currently seeing are the real and negative consequences of allowing reckless government spending to go unchecked. Our national debt has skyrocketed to over…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The main thrust in this week’s segment is the upset feelings down in Blacksburg over the latest NCAA Tournament snub of Virginia Tech. Chris and Jim break down the snub by examining Tech’s resume and the respective resumes of several bubble teams that…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The main thrust in this week’s segment is the upset feelings down in Blacksburg over the latest NCAA Tournament snub of Virginia Tech. Chris and Jim break down the snub by examining Tech’s resume and the respective resumes of several bubble teams that…
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