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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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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The community is invited to a gathering of local authors and their books on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m. at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, 382 High St., Dayton. Following a discussion of each book, there will be a book signing. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and…
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First-place UVa. travels to Wake Saturday Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Virginia is 3-0 in the ACC and atop the standings in conference play. That’s indicative of balance and parity, if you think about it. “Early on it certainly looks like there’s some balance, and as any good league, it indicates if you don’t come…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Here’s a sign of the role Virginia is playing on the national political scene – newly inaugurated Gov. Bob McDonnell will be delivering the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address next week. McDonnell won election to the governor’s job in November with a resounding…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Citing public-safety concerns, the City of Staunton has closed the bridge/pedestrian crossing located at 12 Middlebrook Ave. The structure has been posted as an unsafe structure with no entry/access permitted, effective immediately, per the 2006 Virginia Maintenance Code, Section 105. Citizens must find an alternate route. City officials are…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that all of Virginia’s 19 shuttered rest stops and welcome centers will begin reopening starting in mid-February. All facilities will be reopened by April 15th. In a vote this afternoon, the Commonwealth Transportation Board reversed its previous decision from June of last year…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com A couple of University of Virginia Cavaliers will close out their collegiate careers at the 2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl. Cornerback Chris Cook and running back Rashawn Jackson have both officially accepted invitations to the senior showcase event, game officials announced today. Kickoff for the January 30th event is…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell sent a letter to United States Attorney General Eric Holder last night officially revoking the Commonwealth’s consent to the planned transfer of convicted murderer Jens Soering to Germany. Last week, former Gov. Tim Kaine had requested the transfer of Soering, a former University of Virginia…
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Column by State Sen. Creigh Deeds www.creighdeeds.com The General Assembly convened on Jan. 13. Twenty new members of the House of Delegates were sworn in, reflecting in large part the Republican sweep of the elections in November. Two new senators were sworn in, both vacancies created by the November election. Sen. Ken Stolle from…
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Column by State Del. Ken Plum www.kenplum.com Thomas Jefferson referred to the orderly transfer of power in government as a “bloodless revolution.” Such a revolution occurred in Mr. Jefferson’s Virginia last week as Democratic Gov. Timothy M. Kaine ended his constitutionally-limited one term, and former delegate and Attorney General Robert McDonnell took the oath…
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