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Arts, Local

Staunton: Historical markers at Montgomery Hall Park continue ‘Long Road to Freedom’ tour

Rebecca Barnabi
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Local, Public Safety

Albemarle County: Police release video, photo in shots fired incident on Sunday

Crystal Graham

The Albemarle County Police Department has released surveillance footage hoping to identify suspects in a shots fired incident on Sunday.

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Public Safety, Virginia

Fredericksburg man arrested in I-95 hit-and-run crash that killed one, injured nine

Crystal Graham

A Fredericksburg man, who was responsible for a fatal hit-and-run crash in Spotsylvania County, has been arrested and charged.

Trending

1 Monticello ceremony welcomes 74 new citizens on same day ICE is given unprecedented power
2 ‘Wish You Were Here’: Pink Floyd tribute band to perform at The Foundry
3 Nonprofit Hot Spot Collective to support music scene in Waynesboro and beyond
4 Augusta County: $6.3M regional animal shelter move delayed until September
5 The spotted lanternfly: Virginians should brace for three to five years of ‘heavy infestation’

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Public Safety, Virginia

Scott County: Tennessee man dead after motorcycle crash on Yuma Road

Crystal Graham
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Virginia

Warren County: New bridge over Norfolk Southern Railway opens ahead of schedule

Rebecca Barnabi

The new Route 658 (Rockland Road) bridge in Warren County opened to traffic Friday afternoon, five months ahead of schedule.

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Local

Albemarle County: Tickets on sale for Foxfield Races fall event on Oct. 5

Crystal Graham

The historic Foxfield Races returns with its fall races on Oct. 5, with a portion of proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.

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Local, Politics

Local Democrats to honor John Lewis, whose advice was to ‘get into good trouble’

Chris Graham
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Economy, Local

Waynesboro, Harrisonburg projects receive grant funding for affordable housing development

Crystal Graham
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Health, Local

Blue Ridge Abortion Fund: Interim ED assumes permanent role of executive director

Crystal Graham
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Arts, Local

Waynesboro: Grant program open to help event organizers boost marketing efforts

Crystal Graham

ICYMI

1 Librarian who planned Augusta County Pride event tells all: And it’s worse than we thought
2 Bartender, drag queen finds home in Staunton, aka the ‘Queen City’
3 Totally far out: ShenanArts presents concert of songs from 1980s
4 A look at the five natives of Staunton who played Major League Baseball
5 ‘Staunton artist Joanne Bolton’s work featured in retrospective exhibit at Art Hive

Trump's America

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U.S. & World

Fire at Massachusetts assisted living facility kills nine, injures 30, displaces 70 residents

Rebecca Barnabi
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Health, Local, Politics, U.S. & World, Virginia

The Medicaid cuts aren’t an other people problem: They impact us all

Chris Graham

Virginia will be among the states taking the biggest hit from the Medicaid cuts in the Big Ugly Bill that Donald Trump signed on July 4.

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Economy, U.S. & World

Gas prices generally holding steady: Diesel ticking upward, with tight inventories

Chris Graham

Gas prices have ticked up a smidge over the past week, two cents per gallon nationally, with an increase in oil prices as the driving factor.

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Health, Politics, Virginia

Eric Payne: The broken logic of Virginia’s Medicaid ‘double fail’ policy

Letters
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Politics, Public Safety, U.S. & World

A year ago today, God, ahem, spared Trump: The other guy, not so much

Chris Graham
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Economy, Politics, Virginia

Why Virginia dropped in business rankings: We ignore the needs of our workers

Chris Graham
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Environment, Politics, U.S. & World

Mel Gurtov: Trump’s Big Ugly Bill unwittingly cedes the energy future to China

Mel Gurtov

Go 'Hoos

1 I gave UVA Athletics a chance to make amends on the coach misconduct story: They don’t wanna
2 UVA All-American: ‘The kids that quit at Cavalier Aquatics had horrible attitudes’
3 UVA Baseball alum Andrew Abbott is an All-Star snub no more
4 UVA Baseball: We finally got us another catcher, and this one is a good one
5 Carla Williams: ‘Conference realignment’ putting pressure on UVA Football

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Wrestling

AEW ‘All In: Texas’ felt like a reset: Where the company goes next

Chris Graham
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NASCAR

Shane van Gisbergen dominates Sonoma for third NASCAR Cup Series win in 2025

Rod Mullins

Shane van Gisbergen proved Sunday that a road course specialist can’t be kept down for long. After a second-place finish to Connor Zilisch in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race, van Gisbergen returned to form, winning the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.

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Go 'Hoos, Olympic Sports

UVA Lacrosse: Connor Shellenberger back on Grounds, as assistant coach

Chris Graham

At first glance, you want to think that Connor Shellenberger coming back to his alma mater as an assistant coach with UVA Lacrosse is a neat story – the local kid returning a year after graduation to help out his coach and some of his former teammates.

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Baseball, Go 'Hoos

UVA Baseball: Henry Godbout taken by Boston Red Sox in 2025 MLB Draft

Chris Graham
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Wrestling

AEW ‘All In: Texas’ review: All hail the new world champ, ‘Hangman’ Adam Page

Ray Petree
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Basketball, Go 'Hoos

UVA Basketball: Ryan Odom’s new-look roster can shoot it from three

Chris Graham
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Baseball

Mitchell, O’Connor were part of loaded Harrisonburg Turks team in 1990

David Driver

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