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Funding pressures force Free Clinic to cut back

|Date: January 26, 2012

Funding pressures force Free Clinic to cut back

By Alex Cummings The Rockbridge Area Free Clinic serves more than 2,600 patients. Although employees of t ...

By Alex Cummings The Rockbridge Area Free Clinic serves more than 2,600 patients. Although employees of the clinic work to make sure all of their patients' needs are met, funding shortfalls have cause ...

January 26, 2012
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Energy savings come at high cost

|Date: January 26, 2012

Energy savings come at high cost

By Evelyn Rupert Rockbridge area taxpayers are wasting money running antiquated heating and lighting syst ...

By Evelyn Rupert Rockbridge area taxpayers are wasting money running antiquated heating and lighting systems in aging public buildings, according to energy use auditors. But to lower utility bills, ca ...

January 26, 2012
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MLK concert reflects new tone in local race relations

|Date: January 26, 2012

MLK concert reflects new tone in local race relations

By Papa Osei A week after the Lee-Jackson Day Parade, a diverse mix of people met in the historic First B ...

By Papa Osei A week after the Lee-Jackson Day Parade, a diverse mix of people met in the historic First Baptist Church to celebrate a different dimension of American history: the legacy of Martin Luth ...

January 26, 2012
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County residents slow to allow fiber optic cables on their property

|Date: January 26, 2012

County residents slow to allow fiber optic cables on their property

By Tilden Bowditch Some Rockbridge County landowners are hesitant to sign easements allowing the Rockbrid ...

By Tilden Bowditch Some Rockbridge County landowners are hesitant to sign easements allowing the Rockbridge Area Network Authority to install fiber optic cables on their roadside properties. RANA need ...

January 26, 2012
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Change in Mass challenges local Catholics

|Date: January 26, 2012

Change in Mass challenges local Catholics

By Sarah Stiefvater The Catholic Church changed the translation of its liturgy a few months ago, and loca ...

By Sarah Stiefvater The Catholic Church changed the translation of its liturgy a few months ago, and local Catholics are still struggling with the new version. “I’m still learning the different words ...

January 26, 2012
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Electronic ensemble makes new kind of music

|Date: December 08, 2011

Electronic ensemble makes new kind of music

By Scott W. Harrison The auditorium lights went down and the music began, a beat pulsating beneath an arr ...

By Scott W. Harrison The auditorium lights went down and the music began, a beat pulsating beneath an array of synthesizing keyboards and throbbing bass guitar. On stage, in front of a multi-colored p ...

December 08, 2011
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Group helps children learn about giving

|Date: December 08, 2011

Group helps children learn about giving

By Billy Crosby The Rockbridge Area Shop for Tots made the holiday season for 170 children from Rockbridg ...

By Billy Crosby The Rockbridge Area Shop for Tots made the holiday season for 170 children from Rockbridge County on Monday night. The organization takes kids from not as fortunate families across Roc ...

December 08, 2011
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Senior GOP official: Cuccinelli to run for governor

|Date: December 01, 2011

Senior GOP official: Cuccinelli to run for governor

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's crusading conservative attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has decided to r ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's crusading conservative attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has decided to run for governor in 2013, touching off a fierce, two-year clash for the Republican nomination, a ...

December 01, 2011
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New regional jail in Va. to open Dec. 9

|Date: December 01, 2011

New regional jail in Va. to open Dec. 9

AMHERST, Va. (AP) — Corrections officials are preparing to open a new regional jail in Madison Heights. T ...

AMHERST, Va. (AP) — Corrections officials are preparing to open a new regional jail in Madison Heights. The Blue Ridge Regional Jail will replace existing facilities in Amherst and Appomattox counties ...

December 01, 2011
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ITT Exelis to cut jobs at Roanoke County plant

|Date: December 01, 2011

ITT Exelis to cut jobs at Roanoke County plant

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Defense contractor ITT Exelis plans to cut jobs at its plant in Roanoke County. WDBJ- ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Defense contractor ITT Exelis plans to cut jobs at its plant in Roanoke County. WDBJ-TV (http://bit.ly/slNAJq ) says the cuts announced Thursday are expected to occur in early 2012 ...

December 01, 2011
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