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Glenn Youngkin has a new conspiracy theory: The Democrats stole 2025!
We’re all used to 2020 election denial. Former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has come up with a new one: the Democrats stole 2025!
UVA Football: The 2026 Virginia roster is the most experienced in the country
Fun factoid from a recent ESPN column: the UVA Football roster will be the most experienced in the country this season.
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Albemarle County: Darden Towe Park closed due to damage from storms
Albemarle County Parks & Recreation announced on Saturday that Darden Towe Park will need to be closed “for the immediate future” due to damage from the line of dangerous storms that rolled through the area on Friday.
Waynesboro: DEQ is going to make us guess when the next Northrop Grumman hearing is
It appears that I’m going to have to keep fighting a stupid battle with the Virginia DEQ to get them to tell us when the follow-up public hearing on Northrop Grumman pollution permit ends up getting on the schedule.
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Alon Ben-Meir | Wars, inequality, poverty no longer confined to faraway places
We are living through a moment in time of cascading disorder. Wars, inequality, and poverty are no longer confined to “faraway” places; they are entwined into a single global crisis that cuts across continents, regions and regimes.
Firefighters union censures Gov. Spanberger over her vetoes of collective bargaining
The 365,000-member International Association of Fire Fighters voted on Wednesday to censure Gov. Abigail Spanberger over her vetoes of collective bargaining legislation.
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JMU Baseball: Dukes welcome new pitching coach, Christian Bourne
JMU announced in late July that Christian Bourne, a former pitcher for the Dukes, will be the new pitching coaching. Bourne has been on the coaching staff at Radford.
Pro boxer battered in 2015 match in Northern Virginia dies from injuries at 33
A former contender in the pro boxing ranks whose career ended in a disputed DQ loss in a 2015 match in Northern Virginia that left him in a vegetative state died on Thursday.
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$60K grant from Hershey supports Boys & Girls Club of Waynesboro, Staunton & Augusta County
The Hershey Company is supporting the Boys & Girls Club of Waynesboro, Staunton & Augusta County through a $60,000 grant that will help the club keep its afterschool membership rates unchanged from the last school year.
Hashmi, Virginia Humanities announce launch of statewide poetry contest
I’ve written over the years about how hard it is for a Virginia lieutenant governor to get any headlines, given the nature of the job.
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