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News Kickoff set Saturday for Barn Quilt Trail04/26/18 - 6:19 am
The Halifax County Barn Quilt Trail will kick off its celebration Saturday, at 9 a.m. at the Halifax Farmers Market. There will be an information table at the market where…
Mecklenburg County eyes two percent increase in real estate tax rate04/25/18 - 6:57 am
Top-line 42 cent rate would go unchanged, but rising values would net fresh revenue
Mecklenburg County hosts state education leaders04/25/18 - 6:56 am
Sports Big weekend of racing comes to SBS, VIR04/26/18 - 6:51 am
Philip Morris returns to South Boston Speedway Saturday, while the Andretti family will have a presence at VIR
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Opinion Op-EdHudson: Election ‘significantly affected’ by system malfunctions12/10/15 - 8:49 am
Chris Hudson, recent candidate for Halifax County Sheriff, issued a statement Wednesday calling attention to 22 malfunctioning touch screen voting machines used in the Nov. 3 election.
The time for politics is over: Expand Medicaid!05/28/14 - 6:41 am
Expanding health insurance coverage important for all Virginians03/20/14 - 7:22 am
The inability of so many of our fellow citizens to access basic health insurance coverage represents a public health crisis that is undermining the well-being and security of the most vulnerable in our community.
What doesn’t get said about mining10/10/13 - 6:35 am
Potential for harm can’t be easily dismissed by mining interests
These are not your parents’ SOL tests09/25/13 - 7:35 am
Here’s a pop quiz: Since their inception in the 1990s, the Standards of Learning tests have (a) relied exclusively on multiple-choice questions, (b) rewarded rote memorization, (c) resulted in ever-higher passing rates, or (d) none of the above. Go to the head of the class if you correctly answered “none of the above.”
There’s no bar to uranium milling06/28/13 - 9:31 am
Regulation, control don’t happen by themselves
Proms and prigs, and missing the point05/02/13 - 7:23 am
I shouldn’t go riding sometimes. I think too much when I’m on the bike.
The Prizery, an institution worthy of pride and support03/07/13 - 8:01 am
Some time back, someone told me he was asked, “Why waste your time on the Parsons-Bruce Art Association or Destination Downtown? You get nothing from them.”
Flooding near mine site raises questions anew01/16/13 - 7:38 am
Uranium mining: A fiscal conservative might well say ‘no’01/16/13 - 7:38 am
Traditional conservative values support continuing the moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia. Moving forward with legalization of uranium mining in Virginia would be expensive for taxpayers, with no guarantee the costs would ever be recovered.
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