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An $80 million grant from the federal stimulus will fund improvements to wastewater-treatment plants across the Commonwealth, including here in the Valley. Augusta County will get $364,964 to go toward the installation of solar panels at wastewater-treatment plant pump stations across the county, according to the office of Gov. Tim Kaine, who on Tuesday accepted…
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25th District House candidates Greg Marrow (D) and Steve Landes (R) and 20th District House candidates Erik Curren (D) and Dickie Bell (R) took part in a legislative forum on mental-health issues on Tuesday sponsored by Augusta Health, the ARC of Augusta, Mental Health America-Augusta and the Valley Community Services Board. We have video of…
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Four years ago, I squared off with Bill Bolling to become Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor. After running one of the most negative campaigns in recent memory, Bill edged us by less than 25,000 votes – less than 1 percent of the total votes cast. I’m writing to you today because we simply cannot let that happen…
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The good news: The average Virginian is making $589 more a month today compared to 2000. The bad news: That same average Virginian is paying out $500 more a month for health insurance that doesn’t cover as much as the insurance that you could get in 2000.
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Democratic lieutenant-governor nominee Jody Wagner was endorsed by the Virginia Education Association at an event in Richmond on Monday. Speaking to a group of educators attending a roundtable event led by Wagner, Dr. Kitty J. Boitnott, chair of the VEA Fund for Children and Public Education, cited Wagner’s long-standing commitment to public education, saying “We…
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The James Madison University football program’s annual “Meet the Dukes Day” is scheduled for Aug. 29 at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field. The event gives fans the opportunity to meet the nationally ranked Dukes’ players and coaches and is open to the public with no admission charge.
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The JMU women’s soccer team, which advanced to the round of 16 in last year’s NCAA Championship, is favored to capture the Colonial Athletic Association title in 2009 according to a vote of the league’s head coaches.
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday toured the renovated, environmentally friendly Virginia Association of Counties headquarters where he highlighted the benefits of green construction and green roofs. The VaCo headquarters on Main Street in Richmond was built in 1866 and recently was completely renovated using LEED standards.
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“Which one of your candidates is the one that fired his campaign manager?” I happened to be standing at the Staunton-Augusta Democratic Party booth at the Augusta County Fair last week when that question was directed at a volunteer. The reference was to a report from University of Virginia politics professor Larry Sabato from earlier…
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Citing the Aug. 14, 2009 opinion released by Virginia Attorney General William C. Mims, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford), House Republican Majority Caucus Chairman and a senior member of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science Samuel A. Nixon, Jr. (R-Chesterfield) and House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Kathy J. Byron…
