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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Kai Degner may be hitting one of those windows of opportunity that the universe seems to offer up every few hundred million years or so. “We think this is the best shot in years to win the seat,” said Degner, the Harrisonburg mayor and presumptive Democratic Party nominee in…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will speak at a Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce-sponsored breakfast in Staunton on Thursday, April 22. An item in the Chamber Promo Pak sent out today bills the event as featuring “an insightful talk as Virginia’s Attorney General, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, shares his focus…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The fourth-ranked Virginia baseball team was solid in all phases of the game in a 12-2 win over Radford Wednesday night at Davenport Field. Virginia racked up 16 hits in the victory, while the pitching staff limited Radford to just four hits and seven baserunners.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The firestorm of controversy that resulted from Gov. Bob McDonnell’s proclamation of Confederate History Month was expected. A statement from McDonnell released this evening in which the governor admits to “a mistake” for not including any mention of slavery in the proclamation was not expected.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] RMH has been awarded the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Bronze Performance Achievement Award for its commitment to providing high-quality care for stroke patients.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Tom Dewan will be at Bookworks, 101 W. Beverley St., Downtown Staunton, on Saturday, April 10, from 1-3 p.m. to sign copies of his book Red Raider Diary. The book is a compilation of the wartime diaries of Dewan’s father, Merrill Thomas Dewan, who served in the Army Air…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The #4 Virginia baseball team downed James Madison, 9-4, Tuesday evening in front of 2,521 spectators at Davenport Field. Virginia’s Tyler Cannon (Sr., Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBI. John Barr (Jr., Ivyland, Pa.), Kenny Swab (Jr., Kernersville, N.C.) and Chris Taylor…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The 26th District Republican Committee will meet on April 13 to discuss possible changes to the nomination process that will be used to determine a candidate in the upcoming special House of Delegates election in the district encompassing the City of Harrisonburg and a swath of Rockingham County.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The legal tug-of-war between Virginia Democrats and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli over Cuccinelli’s lawsuit on federal health-care reform intensified today with the state Democratic Party filing a second Freedom of Information Act request for Cuccinelli to access information on the resources that his office is expending on the suit.
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Column by Brag Bowling Submit guest columns: [email protected] The Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans congratulates and thanks Gov. McDonnell for showing both the insight and the courage to proclaim April as Confederate History Month in Virginia.
