Huge gas-price jump overnight

Chris Graham

A quick news blurb courtesy AAA Mid-Atlantic: Gas prices hurtled overnight, up an average of six cents a gallon from Thursday. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded in Virginia went from $3.10 on Thursday to $3.16 this morning. A month ago today a gallon of regular unleaded in Virginia cost $3.02. A…

Heart-attack deaths continue decline

Chris Graham

Heart-attack deaths in Virginia have decreased for the 10th year in a row, and have fallen 45 percent over that 10-year period. “Prevention is a key component to fighting heart disease. Maintaining a healthy diet and physically active lifestyle are among several ways to win the battle against one of our greatest health threats,” said…

ODU rips Dukes, 75-59

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Forward Frank Hassell and guard Kent Bazemore combined for 40 points as Old Dominion took down James Madison 75-59 in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game Thursday night at the JMU Convocation Center. ODU improved to 23-6 overall and 13-4 in the CAA, sweeping the head-to-head series for the season. JMU fell to 20-10…

Ken Plum: And in this corner …

Ken Plum

The legislative process is not unlike a sporting event: one interest versus another. Complicated by the fact that many issues do not break down as simply as two competitors or two teams against each other, the playing field is broad with many teams competing together at the same time with some competitors working together in…

Sanford D. Horn: Of cowards and crybabies

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With adult supervision being restored in the governor’s mansions in Madison, Wisc.I, Columbus, Ohio, Richmond, Va. and Trenton, N.J., the GOP is keeping its promises of cutting budgets – and not with a scalpel, but with the necessary hacksaw. In abject cowardice, Wisconsin’s 14 Democratic state senators fled the Dairy State to shun their jobs,…

Be a part of Art in the Park

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The Staunton Augusta Art Center announces that it is now receiving applications from artists of fine art and fine craft interested in participating in the 45th annual Art in the Park at Gypsy Hill, a two-day festival of quality fine art and fine craft every Memorial Day weekend and scheduled for May 29 and 30,…

Cultural Commission plans film appreciation seminar

Chris Graham

The Waynesboro Cultural Commission is offering a film appreciation seminar by Matthew Marshall, Thursday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Shenandoah Valley Art Center (126 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro). Marshall has taught “The Art of Watching Film” for three years at the University of Virginia’s Personal Enrichment Programs and is offering an introductory lecture based…

Dems use report to repeat criticisms of Cuccinelli

Chris Graham

Virginia residents donated more than $2 million to U.S. Navy Vets, an organization under investigation in at least six states for defrauding donors, the Office of Consumer Affairs within the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Forestry reported this week. The organization was headed up by a man using the name Bobby Thompson who donated $55,000…