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Several area schools awarded honors from the Board of Education
WDBJ7 ReporterA few area schools received big honors from Richmond Wednesday. The Board of Education Excellence awards were given to 51 schools across the state. The only school in Roanoke City to receive the award was Crystal Spring Elementary. It met all...Tags: Education, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Academic Progress
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Maryland court considers liability of bars in drunken-driving crashes
Michael D. Eaton ran up a tab for 17 beers plus other drinks before he left a Gaithersburg tavern, according to court records. Forty-five minutes later, behind the wheel of his Range Rover, he slammed into the back of a Jeep Cherokee at a speed...
Tags: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Montgomery County (Maryland), Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Bars and Clubs
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Virginia company may lay off nearly 480 in Maryland
A Virginia-based company that provides information technology, management and other services to the federal government warned regulators that it might layoff 478 workers in Maryland, the state said Friday. Serco Inc., of Reston, Va., also told Maryland's...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Montgomery County (Maryland), Layoffs and Downsizing
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Christiansburg signs contract to buy 61 acres off Route 114
WDBJ7 ReporterEver since the New River Valley Mall opened in Montgomery County, other construction projects nearby, seemed to never stop. The newest project will involve 61 acres. The seller wanted $3 million, the town of Christiansburg has signed a contract to pay...Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation
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VDOT putting detour in place on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County starting Sunday
The Virginia Department of Transportation is putting nighttime detours in place on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County. The detours are part of the five-mile truck climbing lane project between mile markers 120 and 125. Northbound detours will start at...
Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation, Traffic
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Man charged after high-speed pursuit in Va., W.Va.
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comPolice said a 22-year-old man who led them on a high-speed pursuit in Virginia and West Virginia late Monday night and early Tuesday morning later admitted that he was fleeing in a pickup truck that he stole from a hospital in Maryland. Matthew Michael...Tags: PCP, Coughing, Frederick County (Maryland), Theft, Frederick County (Virginia)
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The gas tax compromise
The gas tax plan unveiled this week by Gov. Martin O'Malley and the General Assembly's top leaders is a complicated proposal that wouldn't represent our first choice in how best to pay for Maryland's transportation needs. But, on balance, it's a better-...
Tags: Annapolis, Prices, Purple Line (Maryland), Montgomery County (Maryland), Consumer Confidence
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Over the decades, a river runs through the court system
It may be known as the Nation's River, but here where the Potomac carves its way between Maryland and Virginia, ownership is up for grabs. Again. A court battle that pits a group of property owners against two small paddling and tubing companies seeks...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Montgomery County (Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Man arrested in Martinsburg after two-state pursuit of stolen truck
A man was in custody in Eastern Regional Jail early Tuesday after police pursuing a stolen pickup truck from Virginia into West Virginia brought the vehicle to a stop in Martinsburg, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release....Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Theft, Frederick County (Virginia), Montgomery County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Parrott wants to raise highway speed limits to 70 mph
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA bill introduced by Del. Neil Parrott, R-Washington, in the current session of the General Assembly seeks to give the State Highway Administration the ability to raise the maximum speed limit on interstates, state expressways and some other highways to...Tags: U.S. Congress, Jennie M Forehand, Montgomery County (Maryland), Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Politics
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Miller proposes local gas tax, leasing ICC
Baltimore and Maryland's counties could impose their own 5-cents-a-gallon tax on gas to pay for local roads and buses under a proposal by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Miller also proposed Thursday leasing a state toll highway to a private...
Tags: Mitch Daniels, Annapolis, Travel, Justice System, Purple Line (Maryland)
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UPDATE: Number of Appalachian Power customers without power at 95,000 in Virginia
WDBJ7 Reporter2:25 p.m. update: There are about Appalachian Power 95,000 customers without power. -------------------------------- Noon update: There are still 107,000 Appalachian Power customers without power in Virginia. Appalachian Power says the outages...Tags: Bland County, Pulaski County (Virginia), Appalachian Power Company, Giles County, Roanoke County
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