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Waynesboro: DEQ is going to make us guess when the next Northrop Grumman hearing is
It appears that I’m going to have to keep fighting a stupid battle with the Virginia DEQ to get them to tell us when the follow-up public hearing on Northrop Grumman pollution permit ends up getting on the schedule.
UVA Football: How much are we paying Arkansas State for the 2027 season opener?
The move to adjust the Arkansas State game on the 2027 UVA Football schedule from Sept. 18 to Aug. 28 to make it a Week 0 game isn’t going to cost us anything more in terms of human monies.
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Waynesboro: School Board to hold public hearing on rush job superintendent search
Waynesboro needs to tell its School Board, at the public hearing at Waynesboro High School next week, that we won’t accept promoting from within to fill our soon-to-be-open superintendent’s job.
Waynesboro: Is the second business operating at Mimosa Farm doing so legally?
A reader reached out to us on July 21 to ask the City of Waynesboro about a second business operating out of the 601 Alphin Ave. address that we know as Mimosa Farm.
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Families raise issue with Cao, Hegseth over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, between sets of pushups, has had his focus on getting the woke out of the U.S. military, getting the press out of the Pentagon.
Ben Cline is skeered of ‘socialism’: But wait – Donald Trump is a socialist
Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline is skeered, and wants you to be skeered, too, about the “threat of socialism,” which he wrote on his campaign Facebook page on Thursday is, all caps from Ben on this, “RISING.”
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UVA Soccer: Women open the 2026 season with a 3-1 win over Northwestern
UVA Soccer, ranked 11th in the preseason, took control early, had a 3-0 lead at the break, and went on to a 3-1 win over Northwestern in the teams’ 2026 season opener on Wednesday at Klöckner Stadium.
UVA Tennis: Katie Rolls wins singles title at 2026 ITA National Summer Championships
UVA Tennis sophomore Katie Rolls won the women's singles title at the 2026 ITA National Summer Championships on Tuesday.
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Firefighters union censures Gov. Spanberger over her vetoes of collective bargaining
The 365,000-member International Association of Fire Fighters voted on Wednesday to censure Gov. Abigail Spanberger over her vetoes of collective bargaining legislation.
Waynesboro: School Board to hold public hearing on rush job superintendent search
Waynesboro needs to tell its School Board, at the public hearing at Waynesboro High School next week, that we won’t accept promoting from within to fill our soon-to-be-open superintendent’s job.
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