In a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, Virginia is turning out to be a real battleground state. The poll reports that Barack Obama is slighlty ahead of John McCain 49 to 46 percent with 13 historically red electoral votes at stake.
In a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, Virginia is turning out to be a real battleground state. The poll reports that Barack Obama is slighlty ahead of John McCain 49 to 46 percent with 13 historically red electoral votes at stake.
UVA alumna Tina Fey was a big winner last night at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on ABC.
The 50-year water supply plan has hit another snag. Thomas Frederick, executive director of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) announced today during a press conference that design firm Gannett Fleming has been ordered to stop work on plans for a dam at Ragged Mountain.
I got so wrapped up in the Women for Obama rally and then my cartoon deadline that I haven’t had a chance to remark on the vortex of doom that seems to be swallowing our economy. John McCain said something last week that struck me as particularly laughable.
A federal judge in Oklahoma has dismissed a libel suit against author John Grisham.
The demolition of Onesty Pool and bath house at Meade Park began today and is expected to be completed in two weeks, by Friday, October 3.
In honor of our local songstress’ gig tonight and international “Talk Like a Pirate” Day…
Albemarle County police are investigating the first county homicide of the year. At 4pm yesterday, police responded to the University Heights apartment complex, just off Ivy Road. They found a man who appeared to have been shot, and he was transported to UVA hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Permit me a brief moment of bragging. I am as proud as any farm wife with a brand-new ribbon from the county fair, because this summer I conquered my fear of canning food. Well, it wasn’t exactly a fear; just the uncertainty that comes from not knowing much, except the fact that if you screw it up, you could die of botulism.