Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte will spend a good portion of Saturday making campaign stops in the area.

Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., will speak at Saturday’s Staunton, Waynesboro Augusta County Republican Breakfast Kickoff at Mrs. Rowe’s Restaurant in Staunton.

Sixth District Congressional Democratic candidate Sam Rasoul thinks renewable energy can provide both energy independence and an economic bonanza for a U.S. economy smarting from manufacturing losses.

HARRISONBURG — Sen. John McCain is opposed to the federal mandates and subsidies for producing corn-based ethanol that are driving up the cost of corn for Shenandoah Valley poultry farmers, two Valley state delegates said Tuesday.

Waynesboro’s Economic Development Authority would be refashioned to give it autonomy from the city and responsibility for generating its own money under a proposal by Vice Mayor Frank Lucente and backed by the remainder of the City Council.

The Waynesboro City Council will hold two special meetings in their search for a new city attorney. The closed sessions will be held tonight at 5 p.m. and tomorrow at 5 p.m. in the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, located at 503 W. Main St. in Waynesboro.

The Augusta County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission will hold an ordinance review work session Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the south board room at the Augusta County Government Center.

A taxpayer advocacy organization, Americans for Tax Reform, has honored Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte with its annual “Hero of the Taxpayer” award.

A local Democratic Party fundraiser set for Staunton’s Frontier Culture Musem Aug. 16 will feature U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner as well as Sixth District Congressional candidate Sam Rasoul and gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds.

STAUNTON — U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner vowed Thursday to attack the fuel crisis by lifting the moratorium on offshore drilling, easing the permitting process to encourage oil companies to build more refineries and quadrupling spending on research into renewable energy.

STAUNTON — Fairfax Sen. Ken Cuccinelli is passionate about his conservatism and clear in his desire to enforce the Constitution and become Virginia’s top lawyer

STAUNTON — Creigh Deeds remembers well that he missed becoming Virginia’s attorney general three years ago by less than 400 votes.

U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte holds an almost 5-1 advantage over Democratic challenger Sam Rasoul in Sixth District fundraising according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

U.S. Senate Democratic candidate and former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner will appear at a fundraiser for the Staunton Performing Arts Center July 17 at 3 p.m.

U.S. Senate Republican candidate and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore will appear Monday at 4:30 p.m. at Reo Distribution in Waynesboro as part of his Working Families Tour.

Staunton native and lifelong public servant Lacy B. King, Jr. accepted another two-year term Tuesday as the city’s mayor.

Tim Williams was elected Waynesboro mayor Tuesday, with fellow majority member Frank Lucente securing the vice-mayor slot at Tuesday’s 9 a.m. organizational meeting in the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building in Waynesboro.

Sen. Emmett Hanger said Friday that the current Augusta County Republican Committee is “a Republican club’’ that failed to recognize the will of the majority at the April county mass meeting.

Waynesboro City Council candidates spent more than $38,000 during the spring campaign, according to recently filed campaign finance reports.

Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte was thanked Friday by leaders of the National Rifle Association for his support of the “Open Fields Initiative’‘ language in the 2008 Farm Bill.

The 6th District Congressional race now has a third candidate, independent Janice Lee Allen.

FISHERSVILLE — A health care plan in Congress is the right elixir for soaring costs that are stifling business growth and keeping the elderly and uninsured from getting proper care, Sixth District congressional candidate Sam Rasoul said Wednesday.

John McCain’s Virginia supporters have wasted no time in taking shots at McCain’s presumed Democratic opponent in November, Sen. Barack Obama.

Set against the Blue Ridge Mountains is a 220-acre retreat featuring a lake, rolling hills and a half-dozen cabins owned by some of the region’s most prominent figures, including lame-duck City Manager Doug Walker and real estate agent and political power broker Bill Hausrath.

Augusta County Republican Committee Chairman Kurt Michael has made it official: He will resign after Saturday’s 6th District Committee meeting in Lexington.

Augusta County Republican Committee Chairman Kurt Michael has made it official, he will step down as chairman after a 6th District Republican Committee meeting on Saturday in Lexington.

The Waynesboro City Council could name an interim city manager tonight after discussing the issue in a closed session during its 6 p.m. meeting, the leader of the panel’s conservative bloc said.

The Virginia Republican Party’s State Central Committee denied the appeal of Larry Roller to be chairman of the Augusta County Republican Committee on Friday, ruling that the 6th District Committee had correctly ruled Kurt Michael as chairman earlier this month.

The State Central Committee of the Virginian Republican Party denied Larry Roller’s appeal to be chairman of the Augusta County Republican Committee today.

As Doug Walker fielded a flood of conciliatory e-mails Wednesday in the aftermath of his resignation as Waynesboro city manager, the specter of council infighting reemerged.