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Virginia State Police: Small plane crash in Dinwiddie County injures two
A single-engine plane taking a short flight from Richmond International Airport to Tri-Cities Executive/Dinwiddie County Airport south of Petersburg crashed in a wooded area near Interstate 85 at the 62.4-mile marker on Monday evening.
Waynesboro: Police now investigating Saturday death as homicide, ID victim
Waynesboro Police have identified the person found dead on Saturday in the 600 block of Ivanhoe Avenue, and are saying that the death is being investigated as a homicide.
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Trump Court strikes back at POTUS effort to end birthright citizenship
A Supreme Court ruling upholds the constitutional notion of birthright citizenship that has been the law of the land since the 1860s.
‘Chemical Capital of the South’: Greed, lies, lack of oversight led to the Kepone disaster in 1975
The Kepone disaster should never fade into history. Its story needs to be illuminated so we never forget how greed, lies, and lack of oversight can poison people and the environment.
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UVA Basketball: Ty Jerome may be the next guy to be moved out of Memphis
My initial reaction to the news that the Memphis Grizzlies had finally moved on from Ja Morant, trading the former #2 overall pick to Portland, was, The Grizz are Ty Jerome’s team now.
UVA Basketball: Odom adds international perimeter shooter to 2026-2027 roster
Turns out, UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom wasn’t done with his roster, which we picked up on today with the news that Nolan Adekunle, a 6’6”, 218-pound guard from Germany, is headed to Charlottesville for the 2026-2027 season.
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Trump has taken the U.S. from being a respected hegemon to a drifting power
Donald Trump did not invent America’s vulnerabilities, but he has driven them to a breaking point.
What is the ‘roadless rule,’ and what will happen to our forests if it’s repealed?
The Roadless Area Conservation Rule was established in 2001 under the Clinton administration to protect nearly 60 million acres of undeveloped national forest land across the U.S.
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