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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.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Junior guard Jeff Jones has told Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett that he plans to transfer at the end of the current semester. Jones started seven games for UVa. in 2009-2010 and averaged 7.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. In his three years in Charlottesville, Jones, a highly-touted…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell visited Virginia Commonwealth University’s Minimally Invasive Surgery Center today to sign into law legislation dramatically expanding telemedicine coverage for Virginians. The governor was joined at the early afternoon event by Dr. Michael Rao, president of VCU, and Dr. Karen Rheuban, medical director of the University of…
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Edited by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com Community Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:CFFC), a holding company whose sole subsidiary is Community Bank, Staunton, Virginia, today announced that P. Douglas Richard, chief executive officer of the corporation, would retire effective April 30, 2010, and that Norman C. “Butch” Smiley, president of Community Bank, would become the company’s CEO. …
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Hosted by Chris Graham [email protected] The AFP Show is back with a politcs theme for today’s show. Editor Chris Graham talks with Harrisonburg attorney Gene Hart about the open 26th House District seat representing Harrisonburg and Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates. Hart’s name has been mentioned as a possible candidate for…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Shenandoah Valley Athletic Club will begin holding its monthly meetings at the Rocktown Grill at 2061 F Evelyn Byrd Ave. in Harrisonburg with its meeting for April being held on Wednesday, April 7.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The top-ranked Virginia baseball team dropped its first series of the season with a 7-6 loss to NC State Sunday at Doak Field at Dail Park in Raleigh, N.C. Virginia scored two runs in the ninth inning to pull within a run, but it was not enough to overcome…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Junior right-hander Turner Phelps (Roanoke, Va./Lord Botetourt) posted his most dominant start of the season, striking out 10 in a complete nine innings to lead James Madison to a series-clinching 4-1 win at Old Dominion in a Colonial Athletic Association contest on Easter Sunday afternoon at the Bud Metheny…
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