State sets first 70-mph speed limit under new law

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the first stretch of Virginia interstate to post a 70-mph speed limit under a new state law that goes into effect today, July 1st. Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton unveiled the new 70-mph sign along I-295 from I-95 in…

UVa. third in Directors’ Cup

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Virginia finished third in the final 2009-10 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup competition for Division I schools. The final results were announced Thursday by the National Association of Directors of Athletics (NACDA). The finish is the best for the Cavaliers in the 17-year history of the Directors’ Cup program. Virginia’s…

Court hears arguments in Cuccinelli health-care suit

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With audio from Ken Cuccinelli press conference Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   A federal court on Thursday heard arguments in the suit brought by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to strike down the federal health-care reform legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama in March. The suit alleges that the law violates the…

Break in Harrington murder?

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State Police investigate link to ’05 Fairfax case Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Investigators are pursuing a forensic connection between the disappearance and death of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and an unsolved 2005 abduction and sexual assault in Fairfax. Forensic evidence recovered during the course of the Harrington investigation has confirmed the link…

Webb marks one year of Post-9/11 GI Bill

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. marked on Wednesday the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which has offered more than a quarter of a million veterans and their families the opportunity to attend college or training programs. After introducing the bill on his first day in…

‘Open for business’ at the Mill

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Three years, more than $3 million of investment, and now it’s official. “Today is to announce that South River is open for business,” said Michael Bryan, an attorney for South River Inc., the development company owned by Winchester-based developer Beverly Shoemaker, who has been working on plans for a…

Jim Bishop: Their labor of love pays special tribute to a friend

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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected]   It might even strike some as morose at first blush: asking friends to build your casket. But this poignant experience provided a tangible way for a group of church members to express a deep level of caring for the Wayne and Shannon Sneary family of Harrisonburg….

Perriello blasts Senate on unemployment benefits

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello today released a statement blasting the U.S. Senate for playing politics with unemployment benefits and Medicare payments to doctors. “The elites in the Senate may have forgotten what it’s like on Main Street for families still struggling in this recession,” Perriello said in the…