Holiday show at Staunton Augusta Art Center

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Staff Report Art for Gifts, a unique, affordable holiday shopping experience featuring the art and fine craft of Virginia artists and artisans, opens at the Staunton Augusta Art Center, R.R. Smith Center for History and Art, 20 S. New St., Downtown Staunton, on Friday, Nov. 20. The opening reception is Friday from 5-8 p.m.

Focus | Tensions over social policy take center stage

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Bob McDonnell led the GOP sweep in the 2009 state races and a six-seat Republican Party pickup in the House of Delegates with his move early in the ’09 election cycle to stake his campaign and by extension the campaigns of Republican candidates across Virginia on the economy and jobs to…

Fifth District Report

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Column by Tom Perriello I want to update Virginians on some of the efforts I am undertaking in Congress to get our economy back on track. You may recall in the Sept. 28 edition of this newsletter, I wrote that the U.S. House voted to extend unemployment benefits only in states where the unemployment rate…

Sunday Morning Quarterback

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Column by Chris Graham BACK TO BACK, THREE OUT OF FOUR: It had been 26 years since Virginia had posted back-to-back losing seasons. Saturday’s 14-10 loss to Boston College guarantees the ’09 season as the back end of back-to-back losing campaigns for Al Groh. It’s also three losing seasons in four for Virginia. The Cavs…

Timeline, other new details in Harrington case

Chris Graham

As the search and investigative efforts continue for missing college student Morgan Harrington, state and local investigators are now able to release additional details concerning the night of her disappearance. Miss Harrington disappeared Oct. 17, 2009, during a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. During…

Bennett inks top-15 hoops recruiting class

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Staff Report Virginia men’s head basketball coach Tony Bennett has announced the signing of five players to national letters of intent with the Cavaliers during the early signing period. The players are 6-4 guard K.T. Harrell of Montgomery, Ala.; 6-6 guard Joe Harris from Chelan, Wash.; 6-9 forward James Johnson of Wildomar, Calif.; 6-7 wing…

The Pulse | McDonnell the centrist?

Chris Graham

Column by Chris Graham That’s the idea that I’ve had – focused as I’ve been on the stunning 2-1 margin that Bob McDonnell ran up among independent voters in last week’s gubernatorial-election win over Democrat Creigh Deeds. But another data point to consider is the impact of so-called values voters – usually right-leaning evangelical Christians…

The spin stops here

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Column by David Lampo The headline from the Washington Times the morning after that state’s historic election said it all: “Independents fuel GOP victories.” Because the campaign of Bob McDonnell methodically ran an inclusive campaign that discussed almost exclusively the economic issues that most people care about instead of focusing on divisive hot button social…