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GOP Rep. Cline: Were Seeing Spike in Energy Prices and It Will Get Worse

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On Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Wake Up America,” Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) reacted to the October Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation numbers by stating that we’re seeing large inflation in energy and that’s before a projected 17% increase in the price of heating bills. Cline said, “Well, still holding steady month-over-month at 0.4%. And…

Grottoes Remembers, Celebrates Veterans

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GROTTOES — When Olivia McKeever, a fifth grade student at South River Elementary School, thinks of a veteran, she thinks of an honorable and memorable person who fought for freedom. “I think of my grandfather, who fought bravely in Vietnam, and the sacrifices he made for our country’s freedom,” she said Friday morning at the Grottoes Veterans Day ceremony.…

Rep. Cline to Newsmax: 'Rough Winter' Ahead Due to Energy Costs

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Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., told Newsmax's "Wake Up America" show on Thursday that many Americans are in for a "rough winter" due to soaring prices of home heating-oil, electricity, and gas. Also on Thursday, news came that consumer price increases eased to 7.7% in October, compared to a reading of 8.2% in September, according to NBC News. But Cline, a member of…

Local WWI Veteran's Gravestone Corrected

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Chaz Haywood first saw a photograph of Winton Paul Burtner in a framed portrait at his wife’s family home. Haywood asked his wife, “Who’s that fella?” Ginny Haywood responded that the man was her great-uncle, who was killed in June 1918 at the Battle of Belleau in France during World War I. It wasn’t until Haywood started digging around online and pulled up…

A Plant Once Again

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Modine Manufacturing, long a fixture of Buena Vista, is firmly establishing its presence in Rockbridge County, 18 months after announcing its intention to do so.  Continue reading...

The Chimney Rock VFW Celebrates 75 Years of Service

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In 1947, a group of veterans who had returned from places like Omaha Beach, Japan, Italy, Africa, Normandy, and various other places around the world. Their objective was in forming a VFW to help themselves and many more veterans in the community. This would give them the help and support that they needed to get the rights and benefits they had fought for. This included things like the…

Rep. Ben Cline looks toward a revived economy, fiscal sanity

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VERONA — It’s like any day on the campaign trail for two-term Rep. Ben Cline of the 6th Congressional District. He takes a brief Friday afternoon stop at a Verona McDonald’s for coffee before trips to Page County and Winchester for late afternoon and evening events. Republican Cline is celebrating 20 years as a legislator. He has served in both the Virginia House and…

Rep. Cline Visits Farms

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Rep. Ben Cline visited farms in his district to talk with farmers about their concerns. See video footage here.

Congressman Ben Cline tours Virginia farms

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(WSET) — Congressman Ben Cline went on his annual farm tour on Wednesday, stopping at several farms in the state. First, Cline attended a roundtable where he said he discussed the successes of the "#1 Ag district in VA and ways Congress can offer improvement." Some of those issues he mentioned were supply chain challenges, rising prices and the 2023 Farm Bill coming…