Chris Runion represents a House of Delegates district that stretches from the Blue Ridge to the West Virginia state line.
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Ben Cline whined to the City Elders about redistricting, because it means his job
Bad news for Ben Cline: per Louise Lucas, the 10-1 congressional map is the only one that the State Senate has the votes to pass.
UVA Basketball: Assessing the NBA readiness of freshman Thijs de Ridder
Thijs de Ridder arrived at Virginia in the summer as a guy that was a borderline second-round NBA Draft pick, told to do a year of college basketball to burnish his credentials for the 2026 draft.
Game Preview: What UVA Basketball fans should know about the Pitt Panthers
Pitt, on its way to Grounds to face Virginia on ACC After Dark, 9 p.m. ET Tuesday, on ACCN, has been playing better of late.
Six weeks to Selection Sunday: Reviewing the resumes for top ACC contenders
The ACC got just four NCAA Tournament bids in 2025, after getting four in 2024, and five in 2022 and 2023.
Wait, so, Virginia calls Presidents’ Day something else? The history of George Washington Day
I was today years old when I learned that Virginia doesn’t observe a Presidents’ Day, but rather, we call it George Washington Day here.
What is Ben Cline trying to say here about a proposed Augusta County ICE facility?
Our MAGA Sixth District congressman, good ol’ Ben Cline, commented on the proposed Augusta County ICE detention facility at something called a City Elders town hall in Staunton last week.
Women’s Basketball: Virginia falls apart late, loses at Virginia Tech, 76-64
A late 11-2 Virginia Tech run doomed Virginia in a 76-64 loss on Sunday in Blacksburg.
Augusta County, 73 percent Trump in 2024, on proposed ICE facility: NIMBY
Augusta Countyans likes them some Donald Trump, but when it comes to Trump’s signature initiative, putting brown-skinned people in detention centers, while folks here are all for putting brown-skinned people in detention centers, by gawd, just not here, OK?
VDOT: Updated road construction, maintenance schedule for the week of Feb. 2-6
VDOT has updated its list of road construction and maintenance projects ongoing in Augusta County, Rockbridge County and Rockingham County.