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Millions of dollars headed to local school systems to help with construction projects
Millions of dollars are headed to local school systems to help with new construction, renovations and expansion projects.
The Virginia Department of Education announced Wednesday the allocation of $229,551,000 in Qualified School Construction Bonds. ...Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Teaching and Learning, Blacksburg, Caroline County (Virginia), Lunenburg County
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Murder Victim's last steps to be retraced Tuesday
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterIt was one year ago this week that the remains of a blonde haired, blue eyed college coed were found on a farm in Albemarle County. Morgan Harrington was just 20 years old. The Virginia Tech student had last been seen after leaving a Metallica concert at...Tags: Human Body, Crime, Law and Justice, Virginia, Murder, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Virginia Tea Party group wrongfully targeted by the IRS
The Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots fell under the watchful eye of the Internal Revenue Service more than a year after filing for 501 (c) (4) nonprofit status, the group's leader said Friday. "They wanted the names and addresses of all the...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Politics, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Parties and Movements
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York and James City counties are tops in health
Even with an adult obesity rate of 28 percent, York County ranked as the fifth healthiest locality in Virginia, as rated by the Robert Wood Johnson and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in its annual "County Health Rankings &...
Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Surry (Surry, Virginia), James City County, York County (Virginia)
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Looking Back: Lewis owned hundreds of acres of land in Kentucky
Contributing WriterEditor’s note: This the first of a two-part series about Jacqueline Amber Lewis, who was among the first settlers in the Forkland community in Western Boyle County. Jaqueline Amber Lewis, a pioneer who came west from Virginia in early 1800, owned...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Elizabeth Taylor, Executive Branch
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KENTUCKY FICTION: Perryville native wrote 'Great Meadow'
Contributing WriterEditor’s note: “The Great Meadow,” 1930, by Elizabeth Madox Roberts, is the first in a series of book reviews about works of Kentucky fiction. If you are descended from “early settlers,” your ancestors almost certainly...Tags: Authors, Book
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U.S. States Expecting Cool Down on Monday
CNNAt long last, a cold front will snap a stubborn heat wave that has roasted much of the country for more than a week. However, the front is also expected to bring storms as it moves through the Midwest and Northeast on Sunday. The front has already...Tags: Fairfax County, Environmental Issues, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), CNN (tv network)
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Sherlock Holmes book banned in Albemarle County, Virginia
Jacket CopyA Sherlock Holmes book is banned in Albemarle County Virginia; Carolyn Kellogg looks back at the forbidden books she read while a middle schools student there.... -
John Kluge dies at 95; founder of Metromedia television empire
John Kluge, a billionaire entrepreneur and pioneer in independent television-station ownership whose Metromedia Inc. stations formed the basis for News Corp.'s Fox network, has died. He was 95.
Kluge died Tuesday at his home in Albemarle County, Va.,...Tags: MASH (tv program), Restaurants, Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Los Angeles
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Confirmed: Remains Are Those of Missing VA Tech Student
Associated PressRICHMOND, Va. - State police confirm skeletal remains found in a remote farm field are those of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington. Investigators said Wednesday the confirmation was based on dental records provided by Harrington's family....Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Metallica (music group), Virginia Tech
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Snow tops two feet in Va., one foot in Md.
Maryland WeatherSnow accumulations across the region were moving toward record territory just before noon on Saturday. Some locations in Virginia had reached two feet, which 12-inch counts were posted for parts of Maryland.UPDATE: 2:30 p.m.: Looks like the Blizzard...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather Warnings, Baltimore Weather, Virginia, Ellicott City
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