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Gloucester supervisors to weigh coyote bounty
Who's on Team Gloucester?Coyotes will be a prime topic of discussion by the Board of Supervisors at Tuesday night's work session after recent attacks at a Gloucester farm. Carl Shipley, the county's chief Animal Control officer, and Steve Baranek, Gloucester's senior Animal...Tags: Animals, Human Interest
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Colonial Virginia gentry embraced stranded North African
As the political epicenter of British America’s richest and most populous colony, the town of Williamsburg played host to a rich cross-spectrum of humanity during the 1700s. Planters, merchants and tradesmen of all shades and stripes came from...
Tags: College of William and Mary, Georgetown, England, Executive Branch, Islam
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Mitt Romney to deliver speech at VMI on Monday
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will deliver a foreign policy speech Monday at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. According to a news release from the Romney campaign, the former Massachusetts governor will share his vision for a...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Politics, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Elections
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Virginia Department of Education releases SOL results
Ninety-three percent of Virginia's public schools are fully accredited, according to numbers released Wednesday afternoon by the Virginia Department of Education. According to the VDOE, 96 percent of elementary schools and 88 percent of middle schools...
Tags: Sussex County (Virginia), Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Henry County, Halifax County, Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Fourth of July Events
Digital InternSunday, July 1 Bedford County: Moneta FireWORX Fest Where: Downtown Moneta (Rt. 122 and White House Road) When: Gate opens at 5:30 p.m.; music by The WORX Band starts at 6 p.m.; fireworks start at about 10 p.m. Cost: $5 a person; children 10 and under...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Rockbridge County, Henry County, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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Buena Vista mother and her three sons sentenced on meth charges
A Buena Vista mother and her three sons have been sentenced for their role in a methamphetamine ring. 50-year-old Camilla Ramirez, also known as "Momma" has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. Also, 30-...
Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Rockbridge County, Methamphetamine (drug), Trials
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Katherine B. Stonesifer, 91
Katherine B. (Auxt) Stonesifer, 91, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at her home in Verona, Va. Born March 6, 1920, in Chambersburg, Pa., she was the daughter of George and Harriet (Pugh) Auxt. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by sister,...Tags: Staunton (Staunton, Virginia), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Woodrow Wilson, Religion and Belief, World War II (1939-1945)
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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: Windsor (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Lunenburg County, Dickenson County, Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Ninety-six percent of Virginia schools reach full accreditation
Ninety-six percent of Virginia's public schools are fully accredited for the 2011-12 school year.
The Virginia Department of Education made the announcement Thursday. The accreditation is based on performance of students on Standards of Learning and...Tags: Orange County (Virginia), Powhatan County, Public Schools, Human Interest, Buchanan County
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Missing MD teens could be heading through Roanoke Valley
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Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Family Crimes Division continue to investigate the whereabouts of two missing Olney teenagers. Today, detectives learned from Virginia State Police that the vehicle driven by the male teen,...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Crimes, Virginia, Crime, Law and Justice, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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UPDATED: Men killed in Augusta County plane crash identified
The two men who died in a plane crash Friday near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport have been identified.
The plane's two occupants .. 19-year-old Jacob Kiser of Grottoes and 32-year-old Jason Long of Edinburg were killed when the single-engine plane...Tags: Virginia, Landforms, Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Caves and Caverns
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