VIRGINIA
Bellaire Bridge to be sold for scrap metal on eBay?
With all the stories of thieves taking apart metal bridges for the price of metal, which includes stealing and dismantling a 50-foot long bridge in Pennsylvania, driving off with another short span ...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 1:02 AM
A Grand time in Grand Forks!
Blake is on Spring Break this week from NDSU. Unfortunately for me, there is no Spring Break in the "real world". Deciding I deserved a day off anyway, I took Friday off from work and decided we shoul...
Posted on 3/19/11 at 9:13 PM
Southern snow tales
Can you believe how cold it is? I could live with piles of snow if the temperature was a bit more tolerable. Right now I want to put on Eric’s Ice Armour and wear it non-stop until spring. It&rs...
Posted on 1/12/10 at 9:18 AM
Virginia Thurn
Virginia “Ginny” Thurn, 75, Ellenton, Fla., formerly of Ypsilanti, N.D., died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at Tidewell Hospice, Bradenton, Fla. Virginia L. Wellette was born in 1935 in Springfield, Mass., the daughter of Ernest and Lucille Wellette.May 11, 2010
UVA didn’t know lacrosse player had been arrested
The president of the University of Virginia says the school had not been informed of the previous arrest of a men’s lacrosse player now accused in the slaying of member of the women’s team.May 06, 2010
Suspect tells police details of murder
May 05, 2010
Virginia athlete charged
May 04, 2010
Blast probe awaits recovery
By By Lawrence Messina and Tim Huber, The Associated Press , April 13, 2010
Virginia church votes to split from ELCA
Members of a Roanoke church have voted to leave the country’s largest Lutheran denomination over its policy to allow gay clergy. St. John Lutheran Pastor Mark Graham said church members voted 350-104 in favor of the split from the national Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Church rules required a two-thirds majority for reaffiliation.January 29, 2010
Vt. judge: Birth mom must give child to ex-partner
December 29, 2009
Bob McDonnell: New face for the GOP?
Virginia’s governor-elect, Bob McDonnell, may be the future of the Republican Party, if he can translate his substantial electoral victory into policy victories following his Jan. 16, 2010, inauguration as the state’s first GOP governor in eight years. McDonnell’s quiet demeanor is the polar opposite of the tub-thumping, angry conservative that has characterized much of Republican politics for more than 30 years, but he possesses solid convictions on matters of policy.By Cal Thomas, Tribune Media Services , December 04, 2009
Va. woman killed at site of granddaughter's death
HENRICO, Va. (AP) — Police say a Virginia woman was struck and killed while taking flowers to a roadside memorial for her granddaughter who died in a crash at the same spot a week ago.November 29, 2009
Relentless rains lead Va. governor to declare emergency
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday as unrelenting rain from the remnants of a tropical storm soaked the state, while officials in North Carolina braced for another day of heavy rain.November 11, 2009
Economy is big issue in Va. GOP governor's victory
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Republican who promised to create jobs won the Virginia governor's office just a year after state voters helped a Democrat who promised change — and jobs — win the White House.November 04, 2009
Va. may fill its hills with Rocky Mountain elk
More than 150 years after Virginia’s last native elk was killed, game officials may try to populate the state’s southwest corner with its bigger, buff-colored cousin — the Rocky Mountain elk. They say bringing back an elk subspecies could offer hunters another big-game animal and boost tourism in rugged southwest Virginia, but farmers fear it also could infect their livestock with diseases and damage crops. As it happens, some elk have already arrived.By By Steve Szkotak, The Associated Press , October 22, 2009
Rapper suspected of killing Va. pastor, three others
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A California rapper whose lyrics spoke about the thrill of murder and mutilation has been charged with killing a Virginia pastor, whose body was found along with three others inside the home of his estranged wife, authorities said Sunday.September 20, 2009
HPV vaccine a suggestion, not mandate in Va.
Only Virginia and the District of Columbia have moved toward requiring sixth-grade girls to get vaccinated for a potentially cancerous sexually transmitted disease, three years after federal health officials recommended the shots.By By Dena Potter, The Associated Press , September 01, 2009
No helmets equals no game
A Division II school in Virginia has canceled its 2009 season opener because it doesn’t have helmets or football pads.August 29, 2009
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