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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” for their weekly wrap on Virginia news. The focus this week is on the midterm elections. The segment kicks off with a breakdown of the upset in the Fifth District, where Republican Robert Hurt knocked off Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello. Chris also analyzes the upset…
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Housing affordability is a critical challenge throughout Virginia—a challenge heightened by the recent recession and continuing economic turmoil, as well as problems with transportation and sprawl development, according to a report released today by Housing Virginia and the Southern Environmental Law Center. In addition to examining these problems, the organizations outline a range of practical,…
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U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy will host a media event on Friday in Charlottesville to announce that Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge is the recipient of a $350,000, three-year federal grant to promote crime prevention through youth mentoring. The Mentoring Children of Prisoners grant is awarded by the U.S. Department of Health…
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The Waynesboro-based DuPont Community Credit Union won a pair of first-place honors among three awards given recently by the Virginia Credit Union League and the Credit Union National Association. DCCU won first place in the Desjardins Youth Financial Education Awards for credit unions. The Desjardins Awards honor credit unions for their commitment to teaching personal…
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the news media on Tuesday. Virginia Tech (6-2, 4-0 ACC) hosts Georgia Tech (5-3, 3-2 ACC) on Thursday night. Opening Statement The thing with Georgia Tech, of course, is trying to get ready for a different offense in a short period of time, against a quarterback that’s…
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Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the media on Monday. Virginia (4-4, 1-3 ACC) plays at Duke (2-6, 0-4 ACC) on Saturday. It seems as if Miami the other day was trying to get snaps off faster than Oregon does. Should I assume that’s in order to keep you from setting your defense, making…
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Duke football coach David Cutcliffe talks with the news media on Monday. Duke (2-6, 0-4 ACC) hosts Virginia (4-4, 1-3 ACC) on Saturday. On his thoughts about last week’s 34-31 win at Navy It feels much better to stand up here after a win. Certainly, I’d like to praise our staff and our players for…
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the news media on Tuesday. Virginia Tech (6-2, 4-0 ACC) hosts Georgia Tech (5-3, 3-2 ACC) on Thursday night. Opening Statement The thing with Georgia Tech, of course, is trying to get ready for a different offense in a short period of time, against a quarterback that’s…
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Georgia Tech football coach Paul Johnson talks with members of the news media on Monday. Georgia Tech (5-3, 3-2 ACC) plays Virginia Tech (6-2, 4-0 ACC) on Thursday. Opening Statement It was good to get a little downtime. Last week we gave the players a couple of days off, took the weekend off and now…
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Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the media on Monday. Virginia (4-4, 1-3 ACC) plays at Duke (2-6, 0-4 ACC) on Saturday. It seems as if Miami the other day was trying to get snaps off faster than Oregon does. Should I assume that’s in order to keep you from setting your defense, making…
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