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Author Archives: Chris Graham

Mailbag: Reader prefers ‘real wrestling’ vs. the more entertaining pro version

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Why do you take up space with stories about professional wrestling? Maybe since you don’t have a cartoon section? There’s real wrestling out there – even at UVA!

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 4, 2026February 5, 2026Posted inWrestling

Staunton Montessori School finds new home next door to Gypsy Hill Park

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Staunton Montessori School announced on Wednesday that it will be relocating to the Statler Brothers Complex in the City of Staunton, with classes at the new location beginning with the start of the 2026-2027 school year.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 4, 2026February 5, 2026Posted inLocal NewsTags: Staunton

Greene County backpack program gets grant from Food Lion charity

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A Food Lion-backed charity has provided a $3,700 grant to Feeding Greene to support a Greene County backpack program.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 4, 2026February 5, 2026Posted inLocal NewsTags: Greene County

Blue Ridge Rotary raises $25K for literacy through pickleball tournament

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A local Rotary Club raised $25,000 for a literacy group with an indoor pickleball tournament.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 4, 2026February 5, 2026Posted inLocal NewsTags: Albemarle County, Charlottesville

Spanberger issues executive order terminating state agreements with ICE

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Gov. Abigail Spanberger, with an executive order issued on Wednesday terminating existing agreements to work with ICE, is egging on a fight with the Trump regime, but good for her – and good for us – that she’s doing so.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 4, 2026February 5, 2026Posted inPolitics, VirginiaTags: Abigail Spanberger, Donald Trump, ICE, Virginia Politics

UVA Basketball: They should have done the Tony Bennett thing at the Pitt game

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They had to postpone the ceremony they had planned last month to name the court at JPJ for Tony Bennett because of the snowstorm.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 4, 2026Posted inBasketball, Go 'HoosTags: Tony Bennett, UVA Basketball, UVA vs. Pitt

UVA Basketball: ‘Hoos dominate Pitt, 67-47, to get to 8-2 in the ACC

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The Virginia D registered a season-low in points allowed in a 67-47 win over Pitt on Tuesday.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 3, 2026February 3, 2026Posted inBasketball, Go 'HoosTags: UVA Basketball, UVA vs. Pitt

We don’t watch the Super Bowl for the game: The ads are the thing

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Like a lot of people who will be tuning in to the Super Bowl, I don’t care one way or the other who wins.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 3, 2026February 5, 2026Posted inFootballTags: NFL, Virginia Tech

AEW ‘Dynamite’ preview: MJF eliminator match, Omega-Andrade highlight

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For the umpteenth time: “eliminator matches,” a favorite of AEW head honcho Tony Khan, are just plain dumb.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 3, 2026Posted inWrestlingTags: AEW

Nobody asked Chris Runion his thoughts on an Augusta County ICE detention center

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Chris Runion represents a House of Delegates district that stretches from the Blue Ridge to the West Virginia state line.

Posted byChris GrahamFebruary 3, 2026Posted inLocal News, Politics, Public SafetyTags: Augusta Correctional Center, Augusta County, Chris Runion, Donald Trump, ICE, Local Politics

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