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Augusta County doesn’t want to have to pay county employees what they’re owed

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Basketball

A top-ranked Duke team, again, chokes away a game in March: That’s a shame

Duke, since its last national title in 2015, has had the likes of Williamson, Banchero, Flagg, Brandon Ingram, Jayson Tatum. And then this year's presumptive #1 pick, Cameron Boozer.

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Local News

Augusta County: Sheriff’s office puts out alert on runaway juvenile

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance with locating a runaway juvenile who was last seen around 6 p.m. last night at her Staunton home.

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A local Kroger store banned a woman of color: Was it racial discrimination?

A Waynesboro woman has been banned from the Kroger grocery store on Arch Avenue, and from our look into what led to the move by store management, putting it mildly, some things aren’t adding up here.

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Luke Combs: Saturday night show could see 60K fans; all the details for attendees

Police are are prepping for a mega concert at Scott Stadium Saturday as Luke Combs brings his “My Kinda Saturday Night” tour to Charlottesville.

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WWE champ Cody Rhodes resisting fan push to turn heel, again

AEW fans turned on Cody Rhodes, who was showered with boos for the better part of his final year with the promotion that he helped launch in 2019, before leaving for WWE in 2022, to finish his story.

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UVA Basketball: Flight back from Sacramento, Sweet 16, wasn’t on ICE Air

Good news: the UVA Basketball team didn’t take an ICE Air flight back from the Sweet 16 on Sunday.

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NASCAR Cup Series: Chase Elliott gets first win of 2026 season in Martinsville

Chase Elliott got his first win of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, outdueling Virginia native Denny Hamlin to take the checkered flag at the Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

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Politics

Shady MAGA PAC back at it again, with another race-baiting referendum mailer

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Take your Democratic Party and shove it: I ain’t workin’ there no more

I didn’t get out to the No Kings protest in Staunton today; and want to be clear here, it was a conscious decision.

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Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative’s latest trick to get more money from us

Power companies like SVEC have several line items on your bill. The bill breaks down with separate line items: Energy, PCA, Demand and Taxes.

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Basketball

UVA Basketball: Magical NCAA Tournament run ends with 79-69 loss to TCU in Sweet 16

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Football

Welcome to UVA NIL: Expect to get a call from a guy named Clay Walker asking for money

UVA Athletics announced this week that a guy named Clay Walker is the general manager of something called UVA NIL, a division of the athletic department’s official multimedia rights holder, Playfly Sports, and Virginia Sports Properties.

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Football

Charlottesville rugby club team, as it begins playoff run, looking to build sport in the area

Rugby is American football, without pads and helmets, and without mass substitutions – and if you’re bleeding after a hit, nothing to it, ’tis but a scratch.

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