From news to sports, here’s a look at what stories racked up the most reads on Augusta Free Press in 2024.
With more than 7.6 million readers in the calendar year, we’ve compiled a list with some of the most-read stories of 2024, in case you missed the headlines.
2024 Most-Read News Stories
- Virginia’s first casino announces November opening of its permanent facility
- First location of Buc-ee’s in Virginia expected to break ground later this month
- A winter wonderland? Expert weighs in on snowfall chances in Virginia
- First location of Buc-ee’s in Virginia on schedule for summer 2025 opening
- Two dead, 28 sick due to Listeria outbreak in multiple states including Virginia
- Glenn Youngkin: Displaced federal employees can just get another job
- Possible exposure to measles if you visited this grocery store in Virginia
- Possible source of Listeria outbreak that killed two traced to Virginia company
- Youngkin’s MAGA takeover of Virginia public colleges, universities now complete
- Donald Trump was right: There was funny business in the 2020 vote total
- Is $20 an hour six figures? Basic math is hard for Fox News blowhard Jesse Watters
- Abigail Spanberger will be the first political test for Donald Trump’s second term
- Virginia drivers will learn to zipper merge in work zones on I-81
2024 Most-Read Sports Stories
- Hot taek: Virginia is struggling because Tony Bennett is stepping down
- UVA Basketball: ‘Towering Fraud’ Pat Forde gets one last lick in at Tony Bennett
- UVA Football: The empty seats in Scott Stadium are a Carla Williams problem
- Sanchez, Williford contract language appears to spell out Bennett departure from UVA
- Reality check: JMU loses a ton of money trying to pretend to be ‘big-boy’ football
- That loss at Louisiana-Monroe was costly for JMU: As in, literally costly
- UVA Football: What it costs to play in a half-full stadium, and who pays the bill
- It’s time to push the panic button: Not just on this season, but on the future of Virginia Basketball
- Tony Bennett steps down as UVA Basketball coach: Why this isn’t a surprise
- UVA releases details on length of Tony Bennett contract, answers question on extension
- UVA Athletics: Stuck in neutral waiting for clarity on Carla Williams
- UVA Football: This one felt like the beginning of the end of something
- UVA throws another $80M at football, trying to solve a problem of its own making
- UVA Football: There’s a way to get the fans back. It starts with an apology.
- Another Saturday with 20K-plus empties at a UVA Football home game
A look back at 2023
2023 Most-Read News Stories
- Democrat flip in special election likely spells end for Youngkin’s presidential ambitions
- Another day, another earthquake in Virginia; this one deeper than last two
- Maine Coons rescued from Virginia breeding facility find homes through Cat’s Cradle
- Get ready: Farmers Almanac predicts Virginia could see a cold, snowy winter
- Virginia faces new culprit that is killing trees and there is no treatment for disease
- $162.6 million Powerball jackpot ticket bought in Virginia remains unclaimed
- New to Virginia, Augusta County military vet’s service dog shot and killed by neighbor
- Parents raise issue with SDHS girls basketball coach’s Three Percenters tattoo
- Remains found at Augusta County construction site: Investigators trying to determine who it is
- Craigsville dog euthanized by shelter; owner was waiting for paycheck to pick up pet
2023 Most-Read Sports Stories
- Shedrick, on his way to Texas, swipes at Bennett: ‘Looking forward to play in a free offense’
- Virginia needs to cancel its football season opener in openly racist Tennessee
- Virginia coach Tony Bennett likes Cavaliers defense, reveals his next career move
- Analysis: Why UVA, Virginia Tech are exploring options for leaving the ACC
- Virginia Basketball Q&A: Was playing time for Ben Vander Plas a cause of the mass exodus?
- Report: UVA coaching staff has concerns over fit with QB transfer Tony Muskett
- Virginia Basketball Q&A: Why did Kadin Shedrick ride the bench for two months?
- Report: Virginia basketball assistant coach reportedly leaving for another job
- Cory Alexander goes off-script: What was the ACC Network color commentator thinking?
- Carla Williams wanted a teardown: She and Tony Elliott need to be made to own it
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