Top Stories View all
Albemarle County: Separate auto accidents claim the lives of two teens
Separate auto crashes in Albemarle County reported on Friday each claimed the lives of 19-year-olds – one a driver, one a passenger.
Spanberger vetoes collective bargaining: Who does she think she’s fooling?
Abigail Spanberger vetoed legislation that would expand collective bargaining rights for public employees to try to curry favor among her MAGA critics.
The Latest
Support AFP
News View all
Augusta County: Innovative Refrigeration Systems announces $19M expansion
It’s only going to cost us $250,000 in corporate welfare to get a $19 million expansion at the Augusta County-based Innovative Refrigeration Systems, which will create 214 new jobs in the local economy.
Drought update: Pretty much all of Virginia needs some dadgum rain
It’s drought-advisory season again, with the Virginia DEQ telling us today that it has expanded its warning advisory area to include 94 counties and 33 cities, which is pretty much the whole state.
ICYMI
Trump's America View all
Ben Cline touts his ‘Valley Values’: Which is good PR, but, it’s all an act
Our Sixth District congressman, Ben Cline, likes to tout how his values were “shaped growing up here in the Shenandoah Valley.”
Podcast: What happened to the Abigail Spanberger who ran for governor last year?
Will the real Abigail Spanberger please stand up, please stand up, please stand up?
Business Wire
Advertise
Sports View all
VMI Baseball alum Zak Kent catches on with the Washington Nationals
VMI alum Zak Kent made his fourth appearance in relief for the Washington Nationals on Thursday, giving up two runs on two hits, striking out two, in 2.2 innings of mop-up duty in a 15-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
Former Met Noah Syndergaard said O’s slugger Pete Alonso is a Trumper like him
Noah Syndergaard, who was a 13-game winner with the New York Mets in 2018, but was out of baseball five years later, at the tender age of 30, popped up on a podcast with MAGA influencer Tomi Lahren this week.
Join the thousands of readers like you who support independent journalism.
Our content is free to read, but we do have bills to pay. Pitch in and help us keep the community informed.