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16 hrs ago | Nelson County Life Magazine

VA Governor Bob McDonnell Tours Devils Backbone Outpost In Lexington

Steve Crandall founder of DBBC Nelson & Lexington makes a celebratory toast across the bar with the governor and his wife this past Friday afternoon.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

WTVR Richmond

VA republican proposes 20% tax break for small business

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor made the announcement during Friday's mock convention at Washington and Lee University in Lexington.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Roanoke Times

PETA complaint leads W&L parade organizers to cancel elephant for hire

The show will go on, even without "Tiny," the 7,000-pound female elephant originally scheduled to star as a representative of the Republican Party in Friday's parade in downtown Lexington for the mock political convention at Washington and Lee University.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Roanoke Times

A toast to Burns

Red Hen executive chef Collin Donnelly eyes two geese he roasted whole for the restaurant's Burns Night supper on Jan.

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Staunton News Leader

Community News

Monthly dinner meeting scheduled: The monthly dinner meeting for the Augusta Christian Singles will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Shoney's Restaurant, 30 Sangers Lane.

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Rockbridge Weekly

Paxton To Lead Chessie Trail Nature Walk February 11

Members of the community are invited to join the Rockbridge Master Naturalists this Saturday, February 11 at 10am for the organization's monthly interpretive walk on the Chessie Nature Trail.

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ScienceBlogs

The Great UN Conspiracy to (gasp) increase green space! [denialism blog]

Mark Hoofnagle has a MD and PhD in physiology from the University of Virginia, and is now a general surgery resident.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Capitol Briefs: Panel passes bill targeting cigarette smuggling

What's happening today? The House of Delegates is expected to debate a bill that would make it easier for home-schooled students to play sports in public schools.

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Rockbridge Weekly

Cook Named Sayre CEO, Executive Director Of Stonebridge Community Center

James Cook joins Sayre Enterprises, Inc. as the Chief Operations Officer headquartered at the Stonebridge Center in Natural Bridge Station, VA.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

The Baltimore Sun

Murder trial of UVA lacrosse player set to begin

Nearly two years after Cockeysville native Yeardley Love was found dead, bruised and lying in a pool of blood in an off-campus apartment near the University of Virginia , her former boyfriend and fellow lacrosse player is scheduled to stand trial for her murder.

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Rockbridge Weekly

Ducks Unlimited Volunteer Recruitment Meeting

The Rockbridge Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will be hosting a volunteer recruitment meeting, Monday, February 20th, 6:30 pm at the Holiday Inn Express in Lexington.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

Rockbridge Weekly

Local Students Named to Dean's List at Hampden-Sydney College

Local students attending Hampden-Sydney College were named to the Dean's List for the Fall semester of the 2011-2012 academic year.

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NBC29

Spotlight on George Huguely

Born into a successful family, blessed as an athlete and accepted as a student into the University of Virginia, George Huguely seemed to have it all - until May 3, 2010.

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Rockbridge Weekly

Twelfth Annual Hike for the Hardy on Brushy Hills Feb. 18

The twelfth annual "Hike for the Hardy" on the Brushy Hills trail system west of Lexington is planned for Saturday, February 18th, starting at 10:00 a.m. Area residents will have an opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty of Lexington's 560-acre Brushy Hills woodlands during the traditional late-winter winter hike sponsored and led by members of ... (more)

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Rockbridge Weekly

Carilion To Base New Helicopter In Lexington

ROANOKE, Va. Carilion Clinic will add a third helicopter to its fleet of medical aircraft serving southwest and central Virginia and sections of West Virginia and North Carolina.

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

Rockbridge Weekly

Meditation Garden And Labyrinth To Open At R. E. Lee

R. E. Lee Memorial Church is creating a Meditation Garden and Labyrinth that will soon be available for the use by the community.

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WSLS-TV Roanoke

State Police name truck driver killed in Rockbridge County I-81 fiery crash

State Police have named the driver killed in a deadly crash on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County Monday night.

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Lincoln Daily News

College endowments show growth for FY 2011

College and university endowments made gains in the fiscal year that ended in June, but many are still struggling to make up ground they lost in 2008 and 2009, according to a report released Tuesday.

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Rockbridge Weekly

1 Killed In I-81 Exit North Of Lexington

The name of the truck driver who was killed in a Monday evening crash on I-81 near milemarker 197 has not yet been released, but the accident in which that tragedy occurred resulted in the closing of both northbound lanes of Interstate 81.

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Rockbridge Weekly

Let's Dance! Lexington Set For Feb. 10

Let's Dance! Lexington. Let's Move! Lexington is coupling up with Rockbridge Area Dance League so you can learn to Swing Danceat the YMCA at located 794 N. Lee Hwy on Friday, February 10, 2012.

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