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“The inputs have gone up almost to match it.”

Like farmers all across Central Virginia, Adventure's owners have seen their profit margin shrink over the past year as the basic goods needed to run its business have more than doubled in cost. via Daily Progress

“I've heard from families that 'gas is going up so much, I'm having to put money from the food budget to pay to go to work,' ”

For Claudette Greene, the days of buying brand-name food at the grocery store are over. via Journal Messenger

“We're after better places to live.”

Rich Collins led a contingent of 20 University of Virginia graduate students down a rocky path into the middle of a bucolic 154-acre field in Albemarle County. via Daily Progress

“We're starting to experiment with ... video and audio podcasts. If it's in demand, we'll keep doing it”

Blacksburg wins 2 state environmental awards Two Blacksburg environmental projects have won the 2008 Governor's Environmental Excellence awards. via Roanoke Times

RAPHINE - Skyler Joyce Bales, 3 months, of Raphine died Friday, April 11, 2008, in Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington. via Staunton News Leader

Art Garfunkel presented by the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. $14 to $54. 8 p.m. Salem Civic Center. via Roanoke Times

“Charlotte Hanes is committed to saving the New River and its productive farms so future generations can share in the natural beauty and the rural lifestyle that makes this part of Virginia and America unique”

A Grayson County landowner has received a statewide environmental award for her work preserving a stretch of the New River. via Roanoke Times

“Not everything has been [identified] yet.”

More charges are pending against two Fluvanna men reportedly connected to about 50 burglaries in at least eight counties, officials said Monday. via Daily Progress

Police arrested two Virginia men for handgun possession at a restaurant as part of a greater law enforcement push in the area. via Eastern Shore News

“Gamefowl breeders have been practicing their sport in this country since Colonial times”

For the first time in Virginia's history, the time-honored practice of cockfighting is being elevated to a felony, thanks to legislation that sailed through the General Assembly, and despite the protests of the ... via C-Ville Weekly

“But this is one of those cases where that is the fact of the matter.”

Just a year after taking the reins at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Nicole Hood is leaving to spend more time with her family. via Style Weekly

“Some believe we should leave them wild out there”

Amber Huff, 6, of Clark County pets a yearling during a Bureau of Land Management horse auction Saturday at the Virginia Horse Center. via Roanoke Times

Fantastic 50 Fantastic 50 Fantastic 50 2007 - 2008 Site Selection Guide : An annual look at the state's economic delevopment. via Virginia Business

“The city is indeed fortunate to have two men of the caliber of Joseph Leafe and Joseph Greene guide the planning of an event that will commemorate the end of a tragic chapter in the history of this city and the State of Virginia”

The following information was released by Norfolk's Office of the Mayor: Two of Norfolk's most distinguished citizens, former Mayor Joseph Leafe and former Vice Mayor Joseph Green, have been appointed to chair ... via WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Gregory St. Ours was named to the Legal Elite by Virginia Business magazine, was listed as a Super Lawyer in 2007, and is among 2008's Best Lawyers in America. via The Daily News-Record

“We have seen a difference in the business [due to the economy]”

The current economic downturn has given Rick Ivey's business a boost. The former executive chef who founded Virginia Barbeque says his franchises are being snapped up because they're small and relatively ... via The Free Lance-Star

“Some people aren't caught up with the times; they are intimidated by the information age”

When Corrie Watson decided to sell three of her horses, she didn't just put up signs at the local tack shop or wait for her friends to spread the word. via Fredericksburg.com

Matthew W. Light was named to the Legal Elite by Virginia Business magazine. Light, 32, has been a lawyer with Harrisonburg-based Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC for six years. via The Daily News-Record

“But I'm honored to be asked. I have a great deal of fun with it, and I won't turn down being paid for something I already do as a hobby.”

Look closely tonight on HBO. Squint. Turn on your TiVo. Then back it up during commercials. via The Free Lance-Star

Grymes Memorial School students in the seventh- and eighth-grade English classes submitted entries for the thirteenth consecutive year in the annual regional "Writers' Eye" competition held at the University of ... via Culpeper Star-Exponent