House GOP leaders pledge support for bay cleanup: Impact to be felt in Augusta

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham   Ken Fanfoni’s eyes are locked on the date … 2010. It’s not a space odyssey that the Augusta County Service Authority executive director has in mind, but rather a bay odyssey. Service-authority customers in Augusta are on the hook for $25 million in improvements to eight wastewater-treatment plants…

Faith issues front and center in governor’s race

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham Tim Kaine doesn’t hide the fact that he is a Roman Catholic. “I am a Catholic, and I’m very serious about my faith,” said Kaine, Virginia’s lieutenant governor and the presumptive Democratic Party nominee to run for governor in the Commonwealth in the fall. “I took a year off…

What’s Emmett going to do?

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Everybody, it seems, wants to know what Emmett Hanger is up to these days. It has to be a nice place to be in. “I’ve been encouraged to learn that my name is already known across the state. I also realize that it might not always be for positive things,” quipped…

Is Fitch ready to challenge Kilgore?

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham A George Fitch for governor campaign wouldn’t necessarily surprise Republican Party insiders who have been talking for months about the Warrenton mayor’s interest in mounting a challenge to Attorney General Jerry Kilgore. But a Fitch candidacy might shake up the 2005 gubernatorial race nonetheless.

Kaine, Kilgore on opposite sides of Tech-UVa. rivalry

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham   Jerry Kilgore was getting ready to talk hard politics. Which makes sense, given the stakes. There’s a state to be run, after all, not to mention a gubernatorial election – Kilgore, the attorney general in Virginia, is the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination to run for governor…

A Kerry (Vanessa) stumps the Valley

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham The presidential campaign trail is a long, winding, unforgiving road. Indeed, if it weren’t for the letters DQ, Vanessa Kerry might have a hard time staying in between the white lines. “When I think of the words campaign trail, my mind immediately goes to little sleep, lots of coffee and cravings…