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Why Tim Sands is stepping down at Virginia Tech: It’s not politics, it’s football

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My mother took a job making the minimum wage in 1985, $3.35 an hour – 2026 value: $10.17 an hour – and that was what she had to raise two kids on, because my father didn’t pay the court-ordered child support, because he was an ass.

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Why did Team Trump trot out First Lady Melania Trump in front of the press on Thursday to get us talking again about the Epstein files?

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Jesse Matthew, convicted in Harrington, Graham murder cases, transferred to new prison

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WTVR-TV6 in Richmond is reporting that Jesse Matthew, serving a life sentence in the murders of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and UVA student Hannah Graham in Charlottesville from more than a decade ago, has been transferred from the supermax prison at Red Onion to Keen Mountain Correctional Center, a max-security prison in Oakwood. Among...

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Trump in Charlottesville, to try to cock block congressional redistricting

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Donald Trump will be in Charlottesville later today for a closed-door fundraiser, which brings up the question – what does this supposed billionaire who can’t run for political office anymore need to raise funds for?

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Preview: UVA Baseball heads to Notre Dame for ACC weekend series

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It’ll be mid-April soon. Time for the UVA Baseball team to decide what it’s going to be this season.

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Why Tim Sands is stepping down at Virginia Tech: It’s not politics, it’s football

Chris Graham

Something is going on down at Virginia Tech, where the school’s president, Tim Sands, announced to Hokie Nation on Thursday, in a shock move, that he will be stepping down in the coming months.

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Letter: A cap on Waynesboro Schools spending is actually a cut

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Waynesboro is growing. Since 2010, the city's population has increased by nearly 14 percent. Enrollment in Waynesboro Public Schools is trending upward.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson headlining anti-referendum rally in Bridgewater

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is headlining a Virginians for Fair Maps rally on grounds at Dynamic Aviation in Bridgewater on Saturday.

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Mark Historic Garden Week with tours of Staunton, Augusta County

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The Augusta Garden Club is hosting a local event in conjunction with Historic Garden Week, with tours set for Saturday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. beginning at John Moxie Memorial Stadium in Staunton.

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VDOT seeks public input on Shenandoah Valley Rail with Trail Assessment

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TNA President Carlos Silva, obviously getting marching orders from big brother WWE, has forced Nic Nemeth, the former Dolph Ziggler, out of a May 1 indy match with AEW champ MJF, citing “partner conflicts.”

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Confirmed: Malcolm Brogdon just has a ‘fancy job title’ with UVA Basketball

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My characterization of UVA Athletics giving alum Malcolm Brogdon a “fancy job title” with last week’s announcement that Brogdon is now a “strategic advisor” to UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom was prescient.

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UNC has its hoops coach: Salary, buyout details, from Michael Malone contract

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Jesse Matthew, convicted in Harrington, Graham murder cases, transferred to new prison

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Trump in Charlottesville, to try to cock block congressional redistricting

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Donald Trump will be in Charlottesville later today for a closed-door fundraiser, which brings up the question – what does this supposed billionaire who can’t run for political office anymore need to raise funds for?

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Preview: UVA Baseball heads to Notre Dame for ACC weekend series

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It’ll be mid-April soon. Time for the UVA Baseball team to decide what it’s going to be this season.

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