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Column by Rick Webb Submit guest columns: [email protected] Wood Rogers PLC, the Roanoke law firm representing Highland Citizens, has advised the Highland County Board of Supervisors that allowing Highland New Wind Development to proceed without the Incidental Take Permit required by the Endangered Species Act will place the county in legal jeopardy. The Highland…
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Spots 2-9 ‘wide open’ with UNC, Virginia Tech, Miami in the mix Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Dan Bonner was sure the ACC media had gotten it wrong when it put Duke at the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference with defending national champion North Carolina back in the fall. “I didn’t think Duke was…
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12-1 Hokies getting ready for ACC opener with UNC Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Coaches of 12-1 teams talking about their teams “trying to find” themselves are almost always engaging in subterfuge. “I don’t want my team to think there as good as I think they are” might be what they’re really saying. That, or,…
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Staff Report Virginia Tech sports: www.hokiesports.com Virginia Tech’s Dorenzo Hudson has been named ACC Player of the Week, and Wake Forest’s C.J. Harris earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors. Hudson scored a career-high 41 points, had five assists and three rebounds in Saturday’s 103-94 overtime win over Big East foe Seton Hall. On…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Virginia women’s basketball senior guard Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) earned the second ACC Player of the Week honor of the 2009-10 season Monday, sharing the accolade with Miami’s Shenise Johnson. Wright averaged 23.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.3 steals per game in a 3-0 week for the Cavaliers. The…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] Join ACCVirginia.com in a Live Blog during the 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl featuring Virginia Tech (9-3) and Tennessee (7-5). The game is being broadcast nationally on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. Editor Chris Graham will offer commentary and analysis during the game. Please feel free to join in with your thoughts…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] I can’t wait for 2010! I can’t wait to see how 2009 will turn out. Yep, we are going into overtime. Too much is still up in the hot air of politics to be settled in twelve short months. Sure, a few minor clashes have been…
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Atkinson becomes fourth to follow coach to UVa. Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Virginia head football coach Mike London has added Steve Atkinson to his staff as the director of player development. Atkinson rejoins London after spending the last two seasons as the director of football operations at Richmond. “I have been lucky to…
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Staunton native named Rhodes Scholar Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Many, one would assume, do it for the prestige. Tyler Spencer applied for a Rhodes Scholarship as a matter of practicality. “I have wanted to get a masters to strengthen my nonprofit work, but I have been frustrated by how much most good programs cost,”…
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Column by Todd Haymore Submit guest columns: [email protected] As you’re kicking off your New Year’s resolutions, here’s something to put at the top of your list: remember that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. In my two-and-a-half years as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,…
