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Waynesboro vice mayor supports independent testing of Northrop Grumman emissions
Waynesboro Vice Mayor Lorie Jean Akanbi sent us a statement last night to tell us that she wants to see “independent emissions monitoring at the Northrop Grumman facility in Waynesboro.”
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Ben Cline goes solo, as planned, at Salem Rotary Club event: Where’s the beef?
Ben Cline is trying to claim that Beth Macy failed to show up for a second time to a “scheduled debate” of Sixth District congressional candidates, which, in fact, he scheduled to be a solo from the jump.
Waynesboro Public Schools is in crisis: Making the case for a change at the top
At last count, 20 current teachers have reached out to us in recent weeks to share specific concerns about the status quo inside Waynesboro Public Schools.
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Why you’re not going to see stories here on Bridgewater College going forward
The director of media relations at Bridgewater College commented on our AFP Facebook page a few weeks back to the effect that I had done something unethical, to her reasoning.
New group organizes to lead the fight about Northrop Grumman pollution
A new group calling itself the Valley Environmental Justice Alliance has organized with hopes of being able to push the Virginia DEQ and our own Waynesboro City Council to protect the city from Northrop Grumman.
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America after 9/11: 25 years of fear, war, surveillance, permanent emergency
Days before the 25th anniversary of 9/11, President Trump flooded his Truth Social account with AI-generated fantasies of himself commanding armies of giant, red-eyed robots.
Valley ties to the controversial Confederate Memorial set to return to Arlington Cemetery
There’s news with the memorial dedicated to the Southerners who took up arms against the United States to preserve their right to own Black people that the Trump administration is planning to reinstall at Arlington National Cemetery next year.
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UVA Football Notebook: Expect to see more from the passing game in Week 2
My thinking, after what we saw out of UVA Football in the Aug. 29 opener was that we could look forward to more of the same for the Week 2 game with Norfolk State.
UVA Football: Kam Robinson ‘ready to roll’ for Norfolk State on Friday night
Preseason All-ACC linebacker Kam Robinson will be “ready to roll” for Friday night’s Week 2 game with Norfolk State, UVA Football coach Tony Elliott confirmed today, in his weekly pregame press conference.
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I’m with Darius Rucker on pro wrestling: Damn, I miss the territories
Darius Rucker went public last week with his thinking on the current state of pro wrestling, and how it can never match up to what we grew up with.
Dabo Swinney is about to read ‘The Guy in the Glass’ to us after a presser
I normally don’t put any stock in what Paul Finebaum has to say, but the SEC mouthpiece is saying what a lot of us are thinking with regard to the future of Clemson coach Dabo Swinney.
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UVA Football: Tony Elliott fanboys over dogkiller Michael Vick, to his, and our, shame
The last pit bull to escape the dogfighting operation run by Michael Vick, the Virginia Tech and NFL alum who is in Year 2 as the head coach at Norfolk State, crossed over to the other side of the rainbow bridge in 2021.
Warner, Kaine sign on to effort to challenge USPS takeover of mail-in ballots
Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have joined a large group of lawmakers in the filing of a legal brief with the Supreme Court in a case challenging the legality of a U.S. Postal Service effort to control the flow of mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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