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IRVING, Texas, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Keep Texas Beautiful, a statewide nonprofit dedicated to beautifying and improving community environments, has named VHA Inc., the national health care network based in Irving, Texas, first-place winner of its 2013 Ebby Halliday and Maurice Acers Business and Industry award in the state and national category. The Keep Texas Beautiful Awards recognize the efforts of individuals, businesses, media outlets and government agencies that...

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SBG Technology Solutions, Inc., one of the fastest growing and leading information technology service providers in the United States, announced the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has awarded SBG a contract to provide technical and engineering support associated with integration efforts related to Veterans Affairs enterprise mobile applications, the MyHealtheVet portfolio and the future 21(st) Century Medical Scheduling System. "SBG...

FAIRFAX, Va., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Geeknet, Inc. (Nasdaq: GKNT), parent company of online retailer ThinkGeek.com, today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012 on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. A conference call will be held that day at 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120510/MM05555LOGO) Live Dial In Information:Live Dial In (Toll Free): (877) 348-9353Live Dial...

NEW YORK and FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHX), a leading provider of specialized career websites, and Geeknet, Inc. (Nasdaq: GKNT) today announced that Dice Holdings has acquired Geeknet's online media business, including Slashdot and SourceForge. "The acquisition of these premier technology sites fits squarely into our strategy of providing content and services that are important to tech professionals in their everyday work lives," said...

FORT BELVOIR, Va., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As local, state and federal agencies took steps to support the nearly two million residents fleeing the path of Hurricane Gustav this weekend, Defense Logistics Agency employees were busy getting food, fuel and health kits to staging areas determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. DLA met FEMA's request for humanitarian support by providing 2.33 million Meals, Ready to Eat and nearly 1,000 health kits. More than 130,000 of...

By Bennie Scarton Jr., Manassas Journal Messenger, Va. Aug. 6--After a year's absence from the grandstand stage at the Prince William County Fair, country music is back. 'The Lost Trailers," whose recording of "Holler Back" is in the top 10 "Billboard" Hot Country Songs, will give a concert for country fans on Monday at 8 p.m. The opening act will be Richie Fields and his Big Time Country band from Marriottseville, Md., and Nashville, Tenn. "We listened to our fans who said they missed...

By Bennie Scarton Jr., Manassas Journal Messenger, Va. Aug. 6--Prince William Symphony Orchestra season tickets are now on sale with the Oct. 4 season opener to feature a South African cellist. The orchestra will present four concerts in its Mainstage Series which will be conducted at Grace E. Metz Middle School in Manassas. Subscription tickets are $65 for adults, $50 for seniors and free for all students 21 and younger as well as for all teachers and can be purchased by calling...

By Amanda Stewart, Manassas Journal Messenger, Va. Aug. 4--The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will consider several special use permits at their Tuesday evening meeting, including one that would allow a bunny rescue to operate out of house in the Gainesville area. County staff and the Planning Commission recommended approval of a special use permit for Bunny Lu Adoptions, a rabbit rescue and adoption service proposed to operate out of a house on Padgett Drive in the Gainesville...

By Elisa Glushefski, Manassas Journal Messenger, Va. Jul. 29--A report on Dominion Virginia Power's application to build a 65-mile 500-kilovolt transmission line will go before the State Corporation Commission with a recommendation for approval. SCC Hearing Examiner Alexander F. Skirpan Jr. filed his report making that recommendation on Monday for both Dominion's and Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company's proposals to construct two transmission lines, totaling 240 miles, in three...

By Bennie Scarton Jr., Manassas Journal Messenger, Va. Jul. 26--With delays mounting at traditional and crowded airports, unreliable airlines and highways becoming more con-gested, a new firm is operating at Manassas Regional Airport to provide a stress free way to fly above these constraints. Skyway Air Taxi, the first next-generation air taxi company owned and operated in Virginia, has launched an inno-vative and time-saving way to travel that gives a passenger a direct flight to the...