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Virginia DMV launches anti-distracted driver campaign that it’s calling ‘Open Your Eyes’
Looking at your phone while driving is akin to driving with your eyes closed, is the message of a new driver-safety program from the Virginia DMV, titled “Open Your Eyes.”
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VDOT humble brags about being ready for winter snow: Good for them
VDOT sent everybody in the media a release today bragging about how it’s ready for the winter snow season, which, fine, but can I just say, I’m not?
Women’s Soccer: #14 UVA advances to ACC semifinals with 3-0 win at #10 FSU
The UVA women’s soccer team advanced to the ACC semifinals with a 3-0 win at #10 Florida State on Sunday.
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How much are we spending to add an extra lane to I-81 in Staunton?
Remember how I’ve told you that our congressman, Ben Cline, likes to brag about how he was able to convince the Trump administration to sign off on $17 million in new money for I-81 improvements in Virginia?
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Charlottesville: If it smells bad where you live, here would be why
The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority has issued an alert to residents in the area of the Moores Creek Advanced Water Resource Recovery Facility regarding potential odor concerns over the next two weeks as infrastructure work takes place in the site’s holding ponds.
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Developing: Plumber charged in abduction, death of Waynesboro man
The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority has issued an alert to residents in the area of the Moores Creek Advanced Water Resource Recovery Facility regarding potential odor concerns over the next two weeks as infrastructure work takes place in the site’s holding ponds.
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Politics
Trump does election denial again: ‘Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest’
So, we’re to believe, for example, that Texas, which as of Election Day, run 100 percent by Republicans, allowed its votes to be somehow manipulated to throw the elections there to Democrats.
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Why were there no votes reported from Bedford County in the Sixth District race?
An eagle-eyed reader pointed out to me that Bedford County, population: 83,651, has a voting precinct in the Sixth District, and that the Virginia Department of Elections is reporting that exactly zero votes were cast there in the 2026 election.
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PR firm sends us release touting MAGA’s DEI hire, Harmeet Dhillon
Somebody close to Harmeet Dhillon had a PR firm email us a press release on Friday about the UVA Law alum slinking her way out of her job at the Justice Department and back into private practice.
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UVA Basketball: Inside the numbers from #9 Virginia’s win over #12 Arkansas
Virginia, in its 91-72 win over #12 Arkansas on Sunday, took 12 more shots from the field and had two more free throw attempts – the result of a +4 advantage on the offensive glass and a +6 edge in forced turnovers.
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UVA Basketball: Win in heavyweight matchup wasn’t one for the birds
Capital One Arena was only at half-capacity, but 10,977 fans at a neutral-site game matching up two teams – #9 Virginia, #12 Arkansas – expected to play at least into the second weekend in March Madness, it felt like an NCAA Tournament environment.
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UUVA Football: Schedule updates from the ACC for the final two home games
We already knew that this Saturday’s UVA Football home game with Cal will kick off in the 3:30 p.m. ET quarter hour. Today we learned that the Nov. 21 home game with North Carolina has a 12:30 p.m. ET quarter hour kickoff.
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Sports
College Football Playoff expanding to 24: ACC Championship Game going bye-bye
The College Football Playoff is expanding to 24 teams beginning next season, meaning, among other things, no more ACC Championship Game, which, hey, at least Virginia made it to one ACC title game before it went into mothballs.
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ACC Basketball: Conference expands partnership with RefMasters eval company
ACC Basketball will be getting the help of a company by the name of RefMasters, which will provide its RefScore performance and development platform to the ACC to use to evaluate its men’s and women’s basketball officials during the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 seasons.
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Richmond basketball player Jack McCaffery diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma
The athletics department at the University of Richmond announced on Sunday that sophomore basketball player Jack McCaffery has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Men’s Soccer: Virginia’s season comes to an end with 6-0 loss to SMU
The release from UVA Athletics on Virginia’s 6-0 loss at SMU on Sunday ends with a hopeful note about the 2026 NCAA Men’s Soccer Selection Show streaming on Monday, Nov. 16.
Women’s Basketball: Virginia rolls to 99-58 win over William & Mary
First-year Virginia coach Aaron Roussell’s read-and-react offense produced 57.6 percent shooting, 15 made threes and a nearmiss at 100 in a 99-58 win over William & Mary on Sunday.
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