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The Historic Staunton Foundation and the Stonewall Jackson Hotel are hosting a Winter Wine Festival on Saturday at the hotel in Downtown Staunton. Fourteen Virginia wineries will provide tastings of their fine products at the 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. event. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Advance tickets are available…
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The Marvelous Murphy Sisters will return to The River City Radio Hour for tonight’s performances. The Radio Hour audiences were delighted with the Sisters’ first appearance at the November Radio Hour and asked that they do a reprise as soon as possible. Sally and Molly Murphy are members of the popular Judy Chops, known for…
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Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer announced more changes to his staff Wednesday, elevating Jim Cavanaugh to the administrative position of director of recruiting and high school relations. Beamer also announced that former Tech All-American and Tech Sports Hall of Fame member Cornell Brown would assume Cavanaugh’s spot on the coaching staff to work…
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An 11-0 first-half run gave Duke control, and the Blue Devils put the clamp down on Virginia in the second half en route to a 56-41 win in Charlottesville Wednesday. A packed house at the John Paul Jones Arena was abuzz after an early 8-0 UVa. run gave Virginia a 12-7 lead at the 13-minute…
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Senior forward Denzel Bowles (Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville) poured in a career-high 40 points to lead James Madison past Towson 72-61 in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game on Tuesday night at the Towson Center. JMU improved to 19-9 overall and 9-7 in the CAA. With Drexel’s loss at UNC Wilmington, the Dukes climbed into…
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January revenue collections increased by 12.6 percent over the prior year – the 10th month in the last 11 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount, and the third month in a row in which year-over-year revenue growth was greater than 9 percent. “These economic indicators are showing a trend of progress…
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A member of the Eastern Mennonite University nursing department faculty has been honored by the Virginia Student Nurses Association. Laura A. Yoder, an assistant professor of nursing, was awarded the “excellence in nursing instruction” award during the VSVA’s annual convention held Feb. 5 at Liberty University. The annual award, selected from nominations submitted by nursing…
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The Eastern Mennonite men’s basketball team has moved up two more spots in the D3hoops.com national poll to No. 14. The rankings were released Monday night and were not affected by the Runnin Royals’ 86-71 win over now-No. 7 Virginia Wesleyan. EMU is one of three ODAC teams in the top 14. After falling to…
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Life is full of little, ordinary bits of beauty which frequently go unnoticed and unappreciated. Using her cameras and editing software, photographer and artist Deb Booth of Waynesboro gets up-close and personal with blossoms and blooms, tweaking and crafting her images to bring out something hidden from first glance – oft-times completely changing the dominant…
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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” to talk Virginia sports. The focus this week is on Virginia Tech basketball – which finds itself back on the NCAA Tournament bubble in what seems to be an annual rite of pre-March Madness talk. Can the Hokies afford a slip-up between now and Selection…
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