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Waynesboro: Jim Wood dismisses concerns about Northrop Grumman pollution

Jim Wood, the former vice mayor of Waynesboro, known for his “Pete Buttplug” slur of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, doesn’t think the Northrop Grumman pollution issue is that big a deal.

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breaking Update: Portsmouth man killed in officer-involved shooting in Staunton

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Waynesboro: Berkeley Glenn student took knife with 3½-inch blade to school

We had another potentially scary incident at a Waynesboro school on Wednesday, this time at Berkeley Glenn Elementary School, where a student reported to an instructional assistant that another student, who is 9 years old, had a knife in his desk.

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Beth Macy on proposed Roanoke data center: ‘Congress must get involved’

Beth Macy is free and clear to stick up for the 75 percent of us who don’t want data centers in our backyard.

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Waynesboro: Jim Wood dismisses concerns about Northrop Grumman pollution

Jim Wood, the former vice mayor of Waynesboro, known for his “Pete Buttplug” slur of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, doesn’t think the Northrop Grumman pollution issue is that big a deal.

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Update: Portsmouth man killed in officer-involved shooting in Staunton

We have a name now in the officer-involved shooting at the Staunton Walmart last night.

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WVU fans hit UVA Marching Band with ‘homophobic and racist slurs, antisemitism’

Some more insight into the scene at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte for last weekend’s UVA-WVU game came in this morning from a member of the Cavalier Marching Band.

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Tim Kaine votes no on Protect College Sports Act: Bill ‘not ready for primetime’

Tim Kaine signaled that he’s a no vote on the so-called Protect College Sports Act, with a nay vote on a procedural measure on Tuesday that sets the legislation up for a U.S. Senate floor vote.

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Beth Macy on proposed Roanoke data center: ‘Congress must get involved’

Beth Macy is free and clear to stick up for the 75 percent of us who don’t want data centers in our backyard.

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Central Shenandoah Health District: Flu, COVID, RSV vaccines now available

The person that 49.8 percent of voters in 2024 made sure was put in charge of the federal healthcare system is an anti-vaxxer, which makes things hard for those in the public health sector to get an important point across about the efficacy of vaccines as your best protection against possible severe complications from flu, COVID-19 and RSV.

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Waynesboro: Seems out of whack, what we pay the guy who runs the school system

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Cold case: Virginia State Police looking for leads in Newport News murder

Virginia State Police are bringing attention to a 3-year-old cold case from Newport News in which a motorist from Washington, D.C., was pushed into traffic and killed by a passing motorist.

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Michael Schoeffel | Hey, there, nice to meet you, we’re the cool parents

Hey there! It's so nice to meet you at this back-to-school thing for our kindergarteners that we’re all just milling around at, alternating between looking at the ground and smiling blankly into the middle distance.

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AFP is nominating Waynesboro High School legend Reggie Harris for VHSL Hall of Fame

We’re proud to be a part of the effort to get long-deserved recognition for a local sports legend, Reggie Harris – a two-sports star at Waynesboro High School in the 1980s, who earned a basketball scholarship from Virginia Tech, and was also a first-round MLB Draft pick out of high school by the Boston Red Sox.

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Tim Kaine votes no on Protect College Sports Act: Bill ‘not ready for primetime’

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WVU fans hit UVA Marching Band with ‘homophobic and racist slurs, antisemitism’

Some more insight into the scene at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte for last weekend’s UVA-WVU game came in this morning from a member of the Cavalier Marching Band.

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UVA Football: Updated depth chart no longer lists Jason Hammond in the starting lineup

The UVA Football program apparently updated its depth chart for Saturday’s game with Delaware between the time the PR folks handed out a printed copy to the media on hand for Tony Elliott’s Tuesday press conference.

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Social media after an injury – Smart habits a Columbus personal injury lawyer urges clients to follow

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