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Waynesboro Police continue to exercise right to remain silent on Sept. 2 school shooting
We’re seven weeks out from the Sept. 2 shooting at Westwood Hills Elementary School, with the lone publicly identified suspect dead, and Waynesboro Police are continuing to sit on whatever information they have on the shooting.
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State Corporation Commission staff recommends denial of NextEra-Dominion merger
The State Corporation Commission staff is recommending that the three-member commission deny the proposed $67 billion merger of NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy.
Harrisonburg: Man charged in tent fire after threatening trans person
Here’s the hate that the MAGAs are trying to mainstream coming home to roost: a Harrisonburg man was arrested last week after threatening a trans person, then setting fire to their tent.
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Waynesboro: Why was Kenny Lee speaking at a Jim Wood campaign event?
A photo on the Jim Wood campaign Facebook page shows Waynesboro Mayor Kenny Lee speaking at an Oct. 11 Wood campaign event.
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Spanberger throws kitchen sink at NextEra, Dominion on proposed $67B merger
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger is calling on Next Era and Dominion to agree to freeze residential electricity rates for six years and to agree to triple monthly customer bill credits as conditions of any merger.
Analysis: Where Beth Macy, Ben Cline are spending their campaign dollars
Usually, when us politics writers analyze campaign finance reports in a political race, we focus on where the money is coming from, but I wanted to do something different with the most recent data from the Ben Cline-Beth Macy race.
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UVA Basketball: Nine Virginia alums open 2026-2027 season on NBA rosters
Nine UVA Basketball alums are opening the 2026-2027 NBA season on active rosters, including rookie Ugonna Onyenso, who was a 2026 second-round pick by the Detroit Pistons.
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VCU tapped as A-10 favorite in preseason poll: George Mason fourth, Richmond ninth
VCU is the slight favorite to win the A-10, per voting in the conference’s preseason poll of coaches and a select media panel, which was released on Monday.
ACC Football Notebook: Miami rises to #1 in the national rankings
Miami eeked out a 43-35 double-OT win over a not good Florida State team on Saturday night, aided by a questionable holding call on one Hail Mary, and a questionable on-field call on a second one that was upheld by review.
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UVA Basketball: Nine Virginia alums open 2026-2027 season on NBA rosters
Nine UVA Basketball alums are opening the 2026-2027 NBA season on active rosters, including rookie Ugonna Onyenso, who was a 2026 second-round pick by the Detroit Pistons.
UVA Football: Does the revised outlook for the 2026 season get us to six wins?
Keep in mind: I was the optimist before the 2026 UVA Football season writing about playoff chances. Now, with what we’ve seen through seven games, I only see one more win on the schedule.
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