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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] ACCVirginia.com will be live at tonight’s ACC basketball game between UVa. and Georgia Tech. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. The game is not being televised. Editor Chris Graham will be courtside at the John Paul Jones Arena reporting back with score updates and commentary and analysis on the game…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Virginia head football coach Mike London announced former UVa. great Shawn Moore has joined the Cavalier football coaching staff. He becomes the seventh member of London’s staff. His specific position assignment will be announced at a future date. “Shawn Moore is perhaps one of the most recognizable faces in…
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Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will deliver his final State of the Commonwealth Address to the Joint Assembly in Richmond tonight at 7 p.m. The address will be carried on local PBS stations, streaming video will be available on the House of Delegates’ website, and text of the entire address…
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Augusta Health fills gap in health-care coverage Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Time is of the essence in treating cardiac emergencies. “Once a patient comes in the door, you want to have them in the cath lab and be working toward correcting the situation within 90 minutes,” said Mary Mannix, the CEO at Augusta Health,…
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Westwood Hills Elementary among those honored by Kaine Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced that 153 Virginia public schools have earned the 2010 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence. The award is the highest honor under the Virginia Index of Performance incentive program created by the Board of Education in 2007…
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Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Democrats achieved an important split in the two State Senate elections contested on Tuesday, balancing the expected victory by Republican Jeff McWaters in the Eighth District with a narrow win by Dave Marsden in the race for the 37th District seat held by Republican Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli. Marsden…
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African-American is expert on charter schools Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell announced today his selection of Gerard Robinson as Virginia’s next Secretary of Education. Robinson currently serves as the president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, and began his career as an educator in Los Angeles. He is a nationally recognized…
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$100K given to program helping medical needs of homeless, uninsured Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli today announced that a $100,000 surplus from his inaugural funds will be donated to The Daily Planet Inc., a downtown nonprofit health-care center that offers health-care services to the region’s homeless and low-income, uninsured individuals. “Inaugural…
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Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] The Artisans Center of Virginia is hosting a conference and business institute for artisans Friday, Jan. 22-Sunday, Jan. 24, at the Hotel Roanoke Conference Center in Roanoke. The event will explore old and new ways of supporting the culture of craft and insure its place as an economic mainstay…
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Wright breaks UVa. scoring record, but Cavs fall to Terps in heartbreaker Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Monica Wright scored 20 points to pass Dawn Staley as the women’s career scoring leader in Virginia history, but No. 23 Virginia fell 61-60 to Maryland on Monday night. Wright finished with 20 points, and had a chance…
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