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Why were there no votes reported from Bedford County in the Sixth District race?
An eagle-eyed reader pointed out to me that Bedford County, population: 83,651, has a voting precinct in the Sixth District, and that the Virginia Department of Elections is reporting that exactly zero votes were cast there in the 2026 election.
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PR firm sends us release touting MAGA’s DEI hire, Harmeet Dhillon
Somebody close to Harmeet Dhillon had a PR firm email us a press release on Friday about the UVA Law alum slinking her way out of her job at the Justice Department and back into private practice.
We need to convince Beth Macy to try again in the Sixth District in 2028
I said and wrote ahead of Tuesday’s final day in the 2026 election cycle that it would take the biggest blue wave of all-time for Beth Macy to get to 50 percent-plus-one vote in the Sixth District, and, well.
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Is balcony solar coming here, and could renters generate useful electricity with it?
Typically ranging from 400 watts to 1,200 watts of power output, plug-in balcony solar panels are small, portable systems that offer decentralized energy for renters, apartment dwellers and those who cannot afford rooftop arrays.
Waynesboro: Ground broken on $36M affordable housing development
Enterprise Community Development marked the formal groundbreaking at 1030 Alston Court, a $36 million affordable housing community that will add 96 new one-, two- and three-bedroom homes to the Waynesboro housing market, on Thursday.
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UVA Basketball: Elijah Gertrude emerging as Virginia’s bench ‘Superman’
Elijah Gertrude, 3-of-29 from three in his first two seasons at Virginia, insists that he’s “always been a guy that was able to shoot the ball.”
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George Mason, sluggish in second half, still coasts to 68-51 win over Coppin State
George Mason raced to a 23-point lead at the break, and coasted from there on its way to a 68-51 win over Coppin State on Friday night in Fairfax.
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From a distance, it’s easy to assume the legacy surrounding Bret Hart and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s celebrated series of matches would be no different.
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