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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…

40 House Republicans call on Pentagon to rescind abortion travel payments

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Approximately 40 House Republicans have urged Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to rescind his policy of using government funds to cover travel expenses for abortions. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) spearheaded the letter, which was addressed to Austin and included Wednesday’s date, roughly a week after the “Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care” memo went…

On the Farm: Bonsack farmer expresses concerns to Congressman Ben Cline

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BONSACK, Va. (WFXR) — Many farmers say they hear a lot out of Washington, D.C. about how to operate their farms and conduct their businesses, but what some say they really need is to be heard in Washington about how lawmakers and federal officials can help farms thrive. On Wednesday Oct. 26 some southwest and central Virginia farmers got the chance to express their concerns when…