VDOT road report: Jan. 13-17
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
Search Results for water
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Shenandoah National Park: Underfunded, under threat
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As Congress approaches another deadline on the federal budget, a new Environment Virginia analysis, entitled Death by a Thousand Cuts, exposes the challenges facing Virginia’s most-visited park, Shenandoah National Park, as a result of mounting funding cuts to the National Park Service.
Text of Bob McDonnell’s final State of the Commonwealth address
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It is my privilege to address you, one last time, as Governor, on the State of the Commonwealth. I must note that because it’s my last speech the Speaker promised me all the time I wanted… so get comfortable.
AAA offers tips for motorists in extreme cold weather
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With temperatures expected to drop rapidly from the warmth of 60 degree weather for today’s early birds to below freezing for this evening’s night owls , AAA calls on motorists to take preventive measures and be ready for the unexpected.
Staunton redesigns utility bills
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The City of Staunton Finance Department has completed a redesign of utility bills to be sent to the city’s water, sewer, refuse and stormwater customers.
VDOT roads report: Week of Jan. 6-10
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
Earth Talk: Ocean sprawl
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We are all familiar by now with “urban sprawl”—the uncontrolled spread of urban development into areas beyond the city. But environmentalists warn that the next frontier in sprawl is ocean sprawl, where the proliferation of fishing, shipping, tourism, resource extraction, energy development, military exercises and other human activity has begun to call into question just how vast our oceans really are.
Staunton Parks & Recreation teams with hOUR Economy
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Starting in January 2014, Staunton Parks and Recreation is teaming with hOUR Economy to provide classes through a pre-established hours exchange system. Participants may pay for classes in this brochure section using hOURs they’ve accumulated through the hOUR economy timebank, or they can choose to pay in dollars.
Attorney General-elect Mark Herring announces senior staff
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Attorney General-elect Mark Herring today announced the appointment of two more senior officials in the Office of Attorney General. Herring will be sworn in as Virginia’s 48th Attorney General on Jan. 11. Stuart Raphael, currently a partner with the Litigation Team of Hunton & Williams LLP, will serve as Virginia’s Solicitor General.
#10 UNC women’s basketball defeats JMU, 74-71
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JMU women’s basketball game-tying attempt misfired as time expired in Chapel Hill, N.C., allowing No. 10/11 North Carolina to escape with a 74-71 win at Carmichael Arena Thursday afternoon. The Dukes finished the non-conference slate with a 10-4 record while the Tar Heels improved to 12-2 before the start of the Atlantic Coast Conference season.
