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Is Waynesboro marketing Nature’s Crossing to data center developers?
There’s been online chatter, apparently prompted by Google AI, about the City of Waynesboro is marketing the Nature’s Crossing Technology Center to data center developers.
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Albemarle County Schools ordered to review policies on child abuse reporting
The Spanberger administration has informed Albemarle County Public Schools that it needs to hire an independent consultant to review its policies regarding the mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse.
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We have the basic details on the Oct. 20 arrest of former Nexus Services CEO Michael Donovan on a child sodomy charge.
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Valerie Hayes case: Judge sorting through legal issues in Mennonite kidnapping
Another status hearing in U.S. v. Valerie Hayes took place in Charlottesville federal court on Tuesday, with multiple motions and replies from both sides since the hearing held earlier this month.
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Zach Caudle | What happens to you when you challenge the system
In July of this year, I put up signs to educate my neighbors in the Town of Elkton about Flock license plate reader cameras and how they could help me get rid of them in our small town.
Waynesboro: Police searching for woman last in contact with family on Oct. 20
Waynesboro Police are searching for a woman last seen on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at a gas station on East Main Street.
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UVA Lacrosse: Big-money donations finish off endowment of scholarships
Word was that former UVA Lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany balked at having to help raise money, which factored into the decision to cut bait with him with his contract being up for renewal this summer.
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UVA Football: The conventional wisdom that led us to Tony Elliott is what’s to blame
Tony Elliott was a solid hire, from the conventional wisdom perspective, when Carla Williams decided on him back in 2021, after she’d inadvertently run off the UVA Football coach that she’d inherited, Bronco Mendenhall.
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ACC Football steams ahead to Week 9 with a slate on Saturday that features eight conference games.
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