Crystal Graham: Berry makes impression on ‘Idol’

Crystal Graham

Column by Crystal Graham [email protected] I just called and voted for local “American Idol” contestant Colton Berry about a half dozen times, and I got through the first time, every time. From past experience, this could be a bad sign for the young talent from Fishersville. I voted for Colton not just because he is…

Our fifth week

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Column by Steve Landes In last week’s column, I mentioned how many bills we had to process before the midpoint of the General Assembly session, commonly referred to as “crossover,” on Feb. 12. In just one day, Monday, Feb. 11, the House considered more than 200 bills. In order to complete this task, we began…

Inside Tuesday’s Valley primaries

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I look at the voter turnout in Tuesday’s presidential primaries here in the Central Shenandoah Valley, the breadbasket of the Virginia GOP, and have to wonder about the fall elections. It was a bare majority, but still a majority, of voters who voted the Democratic primaries in Greater Harrisonburg and…

Winners: Sixth District Democrats

Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] Give ’em credit – it’s due, finally. Democrats have not fielded a candidate for the Sixth District seat in the United States Congress since 1998 – yes, a decade ago. But now they have two in Sam Rasoul and Drew Richardson, and though neither is exactly a…

Super Bowl Live Blog

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Join us here at TheSportsDominion.com for a live blog during tonight’s Super Bowl! SportsDominion editor Chris Graham will provide live commentary and analysis during the game pitting the AFC champion New England Patriots (18-0) and the NFC champion New York Giants (14-5). Chris will also offer his thoughts on the other important part of Super…

EMU magazine wins prestigious award

Jim Bishop

Story by Jim Bishop Crossroads magazine at Eastern Mennonite University won a major award this year from the southeast district of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Competing against dozens of magazines produced by larger institutions, Crossroads received a “special merit award” in the category of “magazine publishing improvement.” The other winners…