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News Mecklenburg trustees reschedule for July 31 to talk contract extension for Thornton07/23/14 - 6:47 am
Board chair hails performance, but move draws outside fire
Water authority looks to Banister for backup07/21/14 - 7:25 am
In wake of coal ash spill, and with N.C. localities looking to tap the Dan, HCSA eyes alternatives
HIDDEN TREASURE07/21/14 - 7:24 am
Geocaching is challenging and fun, and available in Halifax and surrounding area
Sports Complex hosts tournaments07/23/14 - 11:24 am
A total of 17 teams will compete for the Dixie Youth baseball AAA and O-Zone state crowns.
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Opinion Op-EdThe 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.
Don’t turn back the clock with uranium mining08/29/12 - 7:28 am
As a longtime resident of southern Virginia, a board member of the Industrial Development Authority of Halifax County, and the CEO of one of the largest employers in the area, I’m very familiar with growing a business and creating jobs.
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