Local TV options for DirecTV subscribers in Valley

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Some Valley satellite-TV subscribers will finally be able to receive local television stations as part of their channel lineups. DirecTV is providing local TV stations in the Harrisonburg TV market – including Harrisonburg and Rockingham and Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta – beginning today. The news was announced yesterday by Sixth…

Working together to save lives in Darfur

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Column by Bob Goodlatte Last year, I had the opportunity to travel as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation to the war-torn nation of Sudan and see first-hand, in Darfur, one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent times. As a nation dedicated to freedom and the rights of the individual, the United States has…

Rob Bell reports on General Assembly session

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General Assembly Report by Rob Bell On Wednesday, part-time legislators from across Virginia gathered for the new session of the General Assembly. After moving in to our motels and apartments, we all came back to Thomas Jefferson’s historic State Capitol to be sworn in and to hear Gov. Tim Kaine’s State of the Commonwealth address.

‘Hoos, Hokies getting ready for hoops battle

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not the football game, but … It is still Virginia–Virginia Tech. And at least one of the teams in Wednesday night’s game in Charlottesville will be pumped a little more than usual heading in. “Playing Virginia Tech is always a challenge for us as it would be for both…

Del. Cline reports on the first week of ’08 GA session

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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline With the bang of the speaker’s gavel at noon last Wednesday, the 2008 session of the Virginia General Assembly began. It’s fitting that the bang of a gavel sounds a lot like the firing of a starter’s pistol in a track race. In Virginia, the legislative session…

An early look at ACC football in ’08

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Column by Scott German It’s 2008, and officially the Atlantic Coast Conference is 0-2 in football play, thanks to the Old Dominion’s two ACC entries dropping games earlier this month. (See Gator and Orange Bowl results) The conference known better (OK, totally) for its basketball presence know faces the continued challenge of improving its gridiron…

Zeglinski’s season over with second surgery scheduled

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] UVa. point guard Sammy Zeglinski is done for the season after being set for a second operation on his injured right ankle. The freshman had averaged 7.8 minutes per game and 1.9 assists per game for the Cavs off the bench. Zeglinski had undergone arthroscopic surgery on the ankle last…