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Winchester Star, November 27, 2008
"The importance of locally grown food and the impact of state policies and national politics will take center stage when the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention begins Sunday.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will speak at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at The Homestead, the resort in Hot Springs.
The convention, which concludes Wednesday, is centered on the theme “Safe, Fresh & Locally Grown – Save Our Food.”
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Washington Post, November 29, 2008
"Despite opposition from the General Assembly, a state commission will study whether more than 60,000 tons of uranium can be safely mined in rural south-central Virginia in what is thought to be the nation’s largest undeveloped uranium deposit.
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WDTV.com, November 26, 2008
"The Upshur County commission is putting their foot down on a proposed electric transmission line project that would run through the county.
The Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline project, or "PATH," will run through several counties in the state, end in central Maryland, yet folks here won’t benefit from the project."
, November 26, 2008
"The Sierra Club and other organizations have spent a lot of time fighting Allegheny Power and the Public Service Commission about the TrAIL. Now an article in the Wall Street Journal has prompted the Sierra Club to ask the PSC to take another look at the issue."
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, November 20, 2008
"In 1964, Michael Shaara, a frustrated writer of little-known fiction, took his wife and children on a road trip to the World’s Fair in New York. On their way home, they stopped at Gettysburg National Military Park, where a fine statue of Robert E. Lee guards the western reach of the famous battlefield."
Daily Progress, November 13, 2008
"The Bush administration is moving ahead with efforts to lease the waters off Virginia’s coast to companies interested in drilling for oil and natural gas, despite calls from environmentalists that the plan should wait for the new president to take office."
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, October 16, 2008
"Trouble on Wall Street has trickled down to cause problems on your street.
Yesterday, Virginia transportation leaders announced the state is facing a $2.1 to $2.6 billion loss in road funding from 2009 to 2014.
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Winchester Star, October 21, 2008
"With the Nov. 4 election approaching, The Winchester Star has asked a series of questions to each of the three candidates for the 10th District seat in the House of Representatives. ...This week’s question:
“What alternatives should be explored so that energy issues do not crush personal budgets or the U.S. economy?”
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Daily Progress, October 22, 2008
"A survey released Tuesday shows three out of four Virginians feel the Earth’s climate has grown warmer in the last 40 years.
The results came as part of a panel discussion on climate change at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs and is, according to officials, the first gauge of Virginians’ attitudes toward climate change.
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Winchester Star, October 23, 2008
"With the Nov. 4 election approaching, The Winchester Star has asked a series of questions to both candidates running for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat.
The candidates’ responses were limited to 125 words or less per question.
This week’s question:
“What alternatives should be explored so that energy issues do not crush personal budgets or the U.S. economy?”
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Winchester Star, September 22, 2008
"Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-10th, wants Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to bring together a bipartisan group to examine the TrAIL power line across Northern Virginia.
The proposed Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line (TrAIL) power line — a joint project from Pennsylvania-based Allegheny Energy and Richmond-based Dominion Virginia Power — would stretch 240 miles from Washington County, Pa., to Loudoun County. "
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, September 25, 2008
"Depending on your point of view, Stafford County is on the verge of becoming either a trailblazer or a guinea pig in an attempt to better regulate growth and transportation.
Last year, the Virginia General Assembly gave high-growth localities the right to assess road-impact fees on new commercial and residential development. A slightly more obscure provision allows six counties--Chesterfield, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania and Stafford--to create Urban Transportation Service Districts.
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Richmond Times Dispatch, September 14, 2008
"It’s too early for fall foliage, but lobster is always in season.
Del. Clarke Hogan, R-Halifax, threw a grand old party at his family’s pile in Brunswick, Maine, this past weekend. Guests included a fellow Southsider, Del. Wat Abbitt, I-Appomattox, and Hogan’s political sugar daddy, Speaker Bill Howell, R-Stafford.
All three are big players in a big piece of unfinished business: a state study of a proposed uranium mine in Pittsylvania County."
Daily Progress, September 13, 2008
"The two candidates vying for Virginia’s 5th District seat in Congress agree on one thing: the United States must free itself from its addiction to foreign oil.
How they think the nation ought to achieve that goal, however, is a point of sharp disagreement.
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