Press Gaggle | Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

Chris Graham

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 MR. GIBBS: Neatly assembled, very nice. How’s everyone today? Q Good. MR. GIBBS: Fire away. Q Afghanistan. Is the President getting any new options beyond the ones that General McChrystal offered a while back? MR. GIBBS: I haven’t gotten a long download of today’s meeting. I know it ran a little…

VPT InDepth | Road worriers

Chris Graham

You’re Pierce Homer, the Secretary of Transportation in Virginia. For five years, you’ve been overseeing reforms at the Virginia Department of Transportation that have six in seven projects completed on time and on budget, nearly three times the rate of efficiency that we saw out of VDOT from the Allen and Gilmore administrations. You’ve seen…

A rainy day at UVa.

Contributors

Georgia Tech (7-1, 5-1 ACC) took control in the second half with two backbreaking drives that broke open a close game and gave the Jackets a convincing 34-9 win over Virginia (3-4, 2-1 ACC) on Saturday in rain-soaked Charlottesville. The loss dropped UVa. out of first place in the ACC Coastal. Photographer Mark Miller captured the…

Jackets sting ‘Hoos in second half, win in rain, 34-9

Chris Graham

Georgia Tech took control with an 18-play, 82-yard drive to start the second half, then took advantage of Virginia’s first difficulties in the red zone in 2009, en route to posting a 34-9 win over the Cavs in a battle for first place in the ACC Coastal Saturday in Charlottesville. Jonathan Dwyer broke a 20-yard…

Live Blog | Georgia Tech at UVa.

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Are you ready for some football? The AFP will be live at Scott Stadium for today’s Georgia Tech-UVa. football game. The matchup between Virginia (3-3, 2-0 ACC) and Georgia Tech (6-1, 4-1 ACC) is for first place in the ACC Coastal Division. AFP editor Chris Graham will be in the press box providing live updates,…

Analyst: Fiscal outlook for localities not good

Chris Graham

Staunton City Council got a bit of a fiscal reality check on Thursday from James Reginbal from the Richmond consulting firm Fiscal Analytics. “Nobody in Virginia has really felt the effects of this recession yet. Localities are behind the state because the state has been able to shield localities from the worst effects so far,”…

Portion of Churchville Avenue to close for construction

Chris Graham

As part of construction on the Churchville Avenue in the City of Staunton, Churchville Avenue will be closed to eastbound traffic from North Augusta Street to Albemarle Avenue. The eastbound lane will be closed 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. The westbound lane will be open to traffic during construction. The lane closure will begin in late…

Kaine announces stimulus funds for bridges

Chris Graham

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Thursday announced that 119 bridges across the Commonwealth will be replaced or repaired using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Commonwealth Transportation Board has awarded seven construction contracts to replace 119 structurally deficient bridges across the state that would otherwise have gone unaddressed. The awarded contracts, totaling…