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April revenue collections by state government increased by 1.5 percent over the prior year, continuing a trend of increased monthly state revenues dating back to last year. This is the 13th month out of the last 14 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. Over the last six months, state revenues have…
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A new Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters has former Gov. Tim Kaine ahead of former Gov. George Allen in the early, early walkup to their anticipated 2012 U.S. Senate race. Kaine held a slim two-point lead over Allen in the polling. The lead is within the poll’s margin of error. A Washington Post…
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Outburst pushes P-Nats : The Potomac Nationals’ bats awakened on getaway day in Winston-Salem. Wilmington nips Salem : For the second straight night, the Blue Rocks only needed to score three runs to defeat the Salem Sox. Sloppy ‘Cats fall to Keys : The Hillcats committed three errors Wednesday night, which led to two key…
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Throughout the month of March, the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball program defeated some of college basketball’s heavyweights. Over a month later, Head Coach Shaka Smart and the Rams haven’t stopped as they landed coveted big man, Jarred Guest (Columbia, S.C.), out of Charis Prep and Richland Northeast High School. “We’re very excited about adding…
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A prime time kickoff for the seventh annual Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game, the debut of a syndicated ACC Regional Sports Network package and a minimum of 18 nationally-televised exposures highlights the early season TV and game time schedule announced Wednesday by Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford at the Conference’s annual spring meetings…
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Virginia Commonwealth University plated runs in seven different innings and used a balanced attack to defeat cross-town rival University of Richmond, 9-4, Tuesday night at The Diamond. With the victory, VCU evened the season series at a game apiece. VCU snaps a three-game losing skid and improves to 19-28 on the year. Richmond falls to…
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Longwood University took a 6-4 baseball road victory at James Madison University of the Colonial Athletic Association Tuesday night in Harrisonburg. The hard-earned triumph was the 900th career coaching win for veteran 33rd-year Lancers’ head coach Charles Buddy Bolding (900-492-4). The Lancers improved to 28-15 and were led by senior captains Brant Jones|Richmond (Monacan) and…
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RMH has received the Best EMS Case of the Year Award from AirCare 5 Medevac for the hospital’s contributions in providing life-saving care in February to a heart attack patient. AirCare 5, a division of PHI, Inc., provides around-the-clock emergency medical air transport in the Shenandoah Valley and eastern West Virginia. The AirCare 5 Medevac…
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Dr. Shannon Franklin of Crozet Eye Care, Optometrists, has been named to serve on the national InfantSEE® committee, a program of Optometry Cares – The American Optometric Association (AOA) Foundation. InfantSEE® is a no-cost public health program developed to provide professional eye care for infants. As part of the program, AOA member optometrists offer a…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell and a team of Virginia economic development officials embarked on Friday on an 11-day job creation and economic development marketing mission that will take the group to Japan, China and South Korea before concluding on May 17th. The marketing mission provides the Governor and other state officials a unique opportunity to strengthen…
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