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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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UVA Basketball: ‘Hoos ranked #9 in preseason AP Top 25 national poll
Don’t get too excited, because nobody has played a game that counts yet, and won’t for a couple of weeks, but the UVA Basketball program is Top 10 nationally in the preseason AP Top 25, which is … something.
Fluvanna County: Residents file suit challenging gas-fired power plant
The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed a lawsuit on behalf of six Fluvanna County residents to challenge a proposed 1,540-megawatt gas-fired power plant.
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Waynesboro School Board to begin interviews in superintendent search
The Waynesboro School Board will begin conducting interviews of candidates to succeed Jeffrey Cassell as superintendent this week.
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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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First look: UVA Football faces ACC’s #2 defense with Duke coming to town
Even in back-to-back losses the past two weeks, Duke (4-2, 1-2 ACC) hasn’t bent on the defensive end, holding Georgia Tech to 383 yards, and North Carolina to 326 yards in the pair of one-score setbacks.
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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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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.
UVA Football: Kam Robinson this week’s guest on the coach’s radio show
Kam Robinson will be the featured guest on Tuesday’s “Coach’s Corner with Tony Elliott,” which airs Tuesday night at 7 p.m. ET on the no longer far-reaching Virginia Sports Radio Network, which is down to four stations.
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