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Va. Tech gets hearing on challenge to fines

|Date: October 20, 2011

Va. Tech gets hearing on challenge to fines

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has scheduled a December hearing to take up Virgini ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has scheduled a December hearing to take up Virginia Tech's appeal of fines it received for failing to notify campus sooner during a 2007 shooting ...

October 20, 2011
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Private donor paid for commandments display at Giles school

|Date: October 20, 2011

Private donor paid for commandments display at Giles school

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The Giles County School Board says a private citizen placed a Ten Commandments displa ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The Giles County School Board says a private citizen placed a Ten Commandments display at a high school and no public money was used to pay for it. Media outlets report that the bo ...

October 20, 2011
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A Head Start on Learning: Buena Vista Child Development Center Serves Families in Need

|Date: October 06, 2011

A Head Start on Learning: Buena Vista Child Development Center Serves Families in Need

By Alex Cummings Buena Vista's Early Head Start program gives hope to low-income families by providing an ...

By Alex Cummings Buena Vista's Early Head Start program gives hope to low-income families by providing an enriching environment where children three and under can thrive. The service is only available ...

October 06, 2011
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Student reps speak out on local school board

|Date: October 06, 2011

Student reps speak out on local school board

By Morgan Holt The state association of school boards has been pushing the idea that local school boards ...

By Morgan Holt The state association of school boards has been pushing the idea that local school boards should listen to students. Of the three public systems in Rockbridge County, only Buena Vista h ...

October 06, 2011
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Candidates worry about area's future

|Date: September 29, 2011

Candidates worry about area's future

By Shannon McGovern With a daughter in high school and 3-year-old twin sons on their way to pre-school, D ...

By Shannon McGovern With a daughter in high school and 3-year-old twin sons on their way to pre-school, David McDaniel says he is motivated in his unopposed campaign for the Natural Bridge seat on the ...

September 29, 2011
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Struttin’ the Strip shows off businesses

|Date: September 29, 2011

Struttin’ the Strip shows off businesses

By Sage Um To get the attention and dollars of local women who usually drive to malls in Charlottesville ...

By Sage Um To get the attention and dollars of local women who usually drive to malls in Charlottesville or Roanoke, downtown Lexington businesses hosted an after-hours shopping spree event for the la ...

September 29, 2011
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Alternative Montessori school opens

|Date: September 29, 2011

Alternative Montessori school opens

By Morgan Holt Catherine Lueptow’s 12 years at Woods Creek Montessori were “lovely,” the former Primary I ...

By Morgan Holt Catherine Lueptow’s 12 years at Woods Creek Montessori were “lovely,” the former Primary I lead teacher says. But this year, schoolhouse politics and conflicting teaching philosophies p ...

September 29, 2011
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Big Wells Fargo signs surprise city

|Date: September 29, 2011

Big Wells Fargo signs surprise city

By Paige Gance The big new Wells Fargo signs in the center of little Lexington have left residents repell ...

By Paige Gance The big new Wells Fargo signs in the center of little Lexington have left residents repelled, city officials embarrassed, and the California-based bank with the job of changing the sign ...

September 29, 2011
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Bachmann talks values at Liberty University

|Date: September 29, 2011

Bachmann talks values at Liberty University

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Michele Bachmann exhorted Christian students at Liberty University in Virginia to "n ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Michele Bachmann exhorted Christian students at Liberty University in Virginia to "not settle" for easy personal and political choices in life. During a half-hour address to some ...

September 29, 2011
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Tougher state rules lead to drop in school accreditations

|Date: September 29, 2011

Tougher state rules lead to drop in school accreditations

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia education officials say 96 percent of Virginia's public schools are fully a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia education officials say 96 percent of Virginia's public schools are fully accredited after meeting state benchmarks, down from last year because the state imposed tougher ...

September 29, 2011
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