VMI upsets SoCon leader UNC-Greensboro, 88-77
Published Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, 12:45 am
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VMI shut down the UNC-Greensboro perimeter game Wednesday night to upset the first-place Spartans 88-77 in a Southern Conference contest at Cameron Hall on Wednesday.
The Keydet defense harassed UNCG into shooting just 7-of-33 (21 percent) from three-point range for the game, including a 1-of-14 mark in the first half.
VMI drilled 14-of-29 (48 percent) from distance to improve to 11-1 at home.
Wednesday’s victory gives the sixth-place Keydets victories over the top four teams in the standings – UNCG, Wofford, Furman and Chattanooga.
Virginia housing market off to strong start in 2021
Published Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, 9:36 am
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® on Thursday shows a strong start to Virginia’s housing market in 2021.
There were 8,806 home sales in Virginia in January, which is more than 2,000 more sales than January 2020, an increase of 31.1 percent. The median home sales price statewide was $315,000 in January, up 12.5 percent from a year ago.
This is the sixth consecutive month of double-digit price increases, a trend which has occurred across most regions in Virginia.
Staunton Planning Commission meeting all virtual
Published Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, 10:57 am
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This evening’s publicly advertised Staunton Planning Commission meeting will be conducted virtually, with all members of the commission participating on the Zoom platform.
The public will be able to listen to the audio feed
online or on the public access television station (Comcast channel 7). Those members of the public wishing to participate will be able to do so via the telephone.
Participating in the Planning Commission meeting