Leave the Obama shirts at home, along with the McCain hats.
Washington County General Registrar Mary Ann Compton said state law now prohibits campaign paraphernalia inside polling stations.
Wearing campaign buttons or waving banners inside polling stations has always been forbidden, she said, though never really enforced. But this year, so many are so passionate …
“There’s a lot of concern about that,” she said.

Leave the Obama shirts at home, along with the McCain hats.
Washington County General Registrar Mary Ann Compton said state law now prohibits campaign paraphernalia inside polling stations.
Wearing campaign buttons or waving banners inside polling stations has always been forbidden, she said, though never really enforced. But this year, so many are so passionate …
“There’s a lot of concern about that,” she said.

Leave the Obama shirts at home, along with the McCain hats.
Washington County General Registrar Mary Ann Compton said state law now prohibits campaign paraphernalia inside polling stations.
Wearing campaign buttons or waving banners inside polling stations has always been forbidden, she said, though never really enforced. But this year, so many are so passionate …
“There’s a lot of concern about that,” she said.

Douglas Arnold asked if the audience had heard much about education this election season.
“There are five reasons why you haven’t,” he said, “the economy, the economy, the economy, the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan.”

Douglas Arnold asked if the audience had heard much about education this election season.
“There are five reasons why you haven’t,” he said, “the economy, the economy, the economy, the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan.”

In today’s hectic world, it’s hard to find time to do much of anything outside the routine, including changing the oil in your car.
While Kevin Davis may not be able to grant you more hours in the day, he can at least change your oil for you.
Davis, president of the mom-and-pop Fast Change Lube and Oil Company has decided to open his 21st store here in Washington County.

A high school football rivalry is pulling Chilhowie’s largest Halloween trick.

The Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office has identified the body that was located in an abandoned house along Wyndale Road last Sunday evening, October 12. 

The camels milling about Damascus last weekend were a long way from the desert, but they seemed right at home as folks hopped on their backs and toured their pens.
Iron Horse Campground co-owner Donald Snyder said nearly 300 people stopped by his campground just outside town to catch a glimpse and even ride the lumbering bactrian (two-humped) camels that were grazing on the front lawn.

The balloon rises and falls. Nobody can grab it or push it, hold it or squeeze it.
If someone says they can, Dr. Barry Love says they’re lying to you.