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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The No. 22 Virginia women’s basketball team defeated Georgia Tech, 57-55, Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena. Senior guard Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) scored 23 points and the Cavaliers won their third-consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference game. Wright finished 8-for-18 from the field, and added five rebounds and two steals….
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro Locality Team for Smart Beginnings Coalition of the Shenandoah Valley will be introducing its mission and local plans at a breakfast meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the Augusta Health Community Care Building in Fishersville from 8:30-10 a.m. “We look forward to introducing…
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Column by Del. Rob Bell www.delegaterobbell.com Last Saturday, I was very surprised to hear that Gov. Tim Kaine had approved the transfer of a Virginia inmate, Jens Soering, to Germany. Pursuant to the agreement, Soering would be eligible for parole in as soon as two years. Soering was the University of Virginia student from…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] As U.S. mayors gathered in Washington this week to meet with the Obama administration about unemployment and the economy, Virginia local government officials and community leaders are calling for the creation of a Community Jobs program. The jobs program would provide funding to localities across the country to create…
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Column by Randy Forbes www.forbes.house.gov If you haven’t personally experienced the situation yourself, you have surely witnessed it at the beach or perhaps in the middle of a snow storm – those people who think their truck or SUV certainly must have more than enough gusto to make it through that batch of soft…
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Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Junior forward John Fields had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds, and junior guard Chad Tomko scored 13 second-half points as North Carolina-Wilmington rallied for a 67-64 Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball victory over James Madison Saturday. JMU led by 10 points late during the first half…
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Staff Report Virginia Tech sports: www.hokiesports.com Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Jim Weaver announced Thursday the terms of defensive coordinator Bud Foster’s continued employment agreement. The new agreement will pay Foster $800,000 in deferred compensation if he remains employed at Virginia Tech through the 2014 football season. Should Foster leave prior to the end…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Waynesboro City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Waynesboro. The agenda for the meeting includes: 1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance. 2. Consent Agenda (any item placed on the consent agenda shall be…
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Column by Sen. Creigh Deeds www.creighdeeds.com The 2010 session of the General Assembly is now almost two weeks old and answers to the issues that we face remain distant. This year’s session of the General Assembly features many new members and over 2000 bills and resolutions are being discussed. The debates are somewhat subdued…
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Column by Al Weed Submit guest columns: [email protected] Virginia guarantees its utilities a “fair and reasonable” profit and for that we should require clean energy production that creates jobs and helps clean up the Bay. Twenty-eight other states already have such requirements. Virginia today has a very modest request of its investor-owned utilities:…
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