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Looking Back: Kentucky's first post office was in Danville
Contributing WriterKentucky’s first post office was established more than 200 years ago in Danville. The clapboard log building was the distributing point for mail for Kentucky and the Northwest Territory (now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and...Tags: Travel, Walnuts, Trips and Vacations, Washington, DC, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Fredericksburg study shows Va. city has 'very strong market' for stadium
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comA market analysis study that looks at the economic sustainability of a multiuse stadium in Fredericksburg, Va., was unveiled Monday, and concludes that there is a demand for such a facility there, according to a Fredericksburg Economic Development...Tags: Economic Policy, Marketing, Finance, Baseball, Sports
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Letters to the Editor - May 1
Elected officials should trust the judgment of voters To the editor: The 2013 legislative session at the West Virginia State House was not yet completed when another delegate quietly approached me at my desk in the chamber of the West Virginia House...Tags: Government, Politics, Elections, The Herald-Mail
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Editorial: Bring back political compromise
Political analysts commonly carve up the geography and demography of America into red states, blue states, retro voters, metro voters, Neo-Cons, Progressives, soccer moms and NASCAR dads. In truth, most voters don't think of themselves as a category,...Tags: U.S. Senate, NASCAR, Christopher Newport University, L. Douglas Wilder, U.S. House of Representatives
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Hampton VA opens doors to medics, corpsmen
— When Mathew Vance began looking for a job in Hampton Roads, he had plenty of experience to sell. The 30-year-old Wyoming native had been a combat medic in the Army and later in the Texas Army National Guard. He had deployed twice to Iraq,...
Tags: U.S. Army, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Hampton Roads
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Mathews supervisor Geneva Putt to run for General Assembly seat
MATHEWS — A higher public office is calling Mathews Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Geneva Putt. Seven months before Election Day, Putt announced her intention to run for a seat at the Virginia General Assembly for the 98th District in the House...Tags: Essex (Middlesex, Connecticut), Mathews (Mathews, Virginia), Urbanna
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Lawmaker, superintendents react to bill
richardb@herald-mail.comAll six Eastern Panhandle Republican members of the West Virginia House of Delegates voted against a bill that requires central office administrators to substitute for absent teachers three days a year. Senate Bill 80 was sent Tuesday to Gov. Earl Ray...Tags: Teachers, Earl Ray Tomblin, Republican Party, Teaching and Learning, Politics
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General Assembly approves gas tax hike
The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed gas tax increase, raising costs for motorists while providing an infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars a year for new roads and mass transit projects. The...
Tags: Traffic, Travel, Road Transportation, Executive Branch, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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UPDATE: Bedford Delegate Lacey Putney to retire after 52 years in the General Assembly
ReporterLacey Putney has served in the Virginia General Assembly longer than anyone else, but in the beginning a long legislative career wasn't part of the plan. "My law practice was just getting under way and I didn't think that I could afford to be away from...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Virginia Tech, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bedford Delegate Lacey Putney to retire after 52 years in the General Assembly
ReporterVeteran state lawmaker Lacey Putney (I-Bedford) says he will not seek another term in the Virginia House of Delegates. Putney made the announcement in a news release Wednesday. "When first elected in 1961," Putney said, "I had no plans to seek a...Tags: Government, Economic Policy, Budgets and Budgeting, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Executive Branch
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Amendment proposed by Governor McDonnell would ban abortion coverage in federal health care exchange
Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to prohibit abortion coverage through insurance plans purchased through the federally run health care exchange that will serve Virginia. The Republican governor added the amendment to health reform legislation that passed the...
Tags: Abortion, Government, Social Issues, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Slow recovery: A veteran who heard 'voices' works to get out of jail
— The unlikely meeting that took place Wednesday at the Virginia Beach Courthouse said a lot about Navy veteran Ted Olsen, both the good and the bad. In November, Olsen, 38, landed in jail after being accused of a vandalism spree in his Virginia...
Tags: Depression, Hospitals and Clinics, Mental Health, Hampton Roads, Prisons
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