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Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] RMH Grief and Loss Services and RMH Hospice invite the community to attend the annual Community Remembrance Service 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 at the VMRC Detweiler Auditorium. “As we enter the holiday season, it is important to reflect and remember the lives of those we have lost,” said…
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Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell announced the first appointments in his incoming gubernatorial administration today during a late-morning press conference at the State Capitol. McDonnell named two longtime senior staff members in the Office of the Attorney General, Martin Kent and Marla Decker, to serve as his Chief of Staff and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Michael Harris announced yesterday that he will be challenging incumbent Ward D Waynesboro City Councilwoman Lorie Smith in the May 2010 city elections. Harris, 62, made the announcement in front of a group of supporters in the Waynesboro City Council chambers Wednesday morning.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] With AFP Video “Obviously, there’s only one governor,” and Tim Kaine is the governor of Virginia through early January, and it’s up to Kaine and his staff to put together a proposed budget for the 2010-2012 biennium. Kaine told VirginiaPoliticsToday.com that he met last week with Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell…
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Pol to head up education transition Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Chris Saxman’s career in the House of Delegates is winding down. Could a new avenue be opening up with a possible job in the McDonnell administration? “Obviously that’s natural speculation,” said Saxman, who this week confirmed that he is co-chairing the Bob McDonnell transition…
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Staff Report VCU news: www.vcu.edu Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants – carbon monoxide and nicotine – as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher published in the December issue of…
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Three-year effort leads to statewide ban Story by Chris Graham [email protected] With AFP Video A multiyear effort that began with Gov. Tim Kaine signing in 2006 an executive order banning smoking in state buildings was realized today with the implementation of a statewide ban on smoking in most restaurants and bars. Kaine said today in…
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Governor in town to help mark occasion Story by Chris Graham [email protected] With AFP Video Government doesn’t have a reputation for doing something that makes as much sense as the work that is going into the construction of the new Western State Hospital, which is being built adjacent to the current WSH campus in Staunton…
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Story by Scott German UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Scoring 28 of his game-high 32 points in the second half, Talor Battle led the Penn State Nittany Lions past Virginia 69-66 in the opening game of this week’s ACC-Big Ten challenge Monday evening in John Paul Jones Arena. It was a game of momentum, as Penn…
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