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Oversize load alert: What are they driving up from North Carolina to I-495?
VDOT sent out a press release today telling us about an oversize load that will slowly make its way up I-77, I-81, I-66 and I-495 Thursday night into Friday, taking up “more than two lanes of traffic,” and just expected us not to wonder, what in the blue hell are they driving up from North Carolina to the DMV?
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Charlottesville to Dewberry Hotel owner: Do something, or get off the pot
The City of Charlottesville has officially had enough with John Dewberry, the owner of an unfinished development at 201 E. Water St. known locally as The Dewberry Hotel.
Agency revokes license of Goochland County youth behavioral health facility
The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services has revoked the license of Hallmark Youthcare, following two incidents last month in which groups of young patients bolted from the facility in Goochland County.
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Waynesboro School Board to meet this week to discuss superintendent search
The Waynesboro School Board has set a special meeting for Thursday to continue its rushed search for a new superintendent.
New Trump tariffs on Canada will hit Virginia business, industry pretty hard
Virginia exported $2.9 billion in goods to Canada, our single-largest export market, in 2025.
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UVA Football: Solomon Beebe ‘suspended indefinitely’ in wake of arrest
However it ended up happening, UVA Football coach Tony Elliott has suspended backup tailback Solomon Beebe, who was arrested a week ago on three pretty disturbing animal-cruelty charges, from the team.
UVA Football: List of high-profile arrests of players dating back to the ’80s
The news of the arrest of a UVA Football player, Solomon Beebe, last week, got me to undertake an exercise that turned out to be more work than I would have imagined: chronicling the high-profile arrests of guys from our football program over the years.
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NASCAR star Tyler Reddick shares battle with obstructive sleep apnea
Tyler Reddick, coming off a fifth-place finish in New Hampshire on Sunday, is using his perch as a top NASCAR Cup Series driver to out himself for having to deal with sleep apnea.
The truth about Sophie Cunningham: If not for White girl DEI, she’s not in the WNBA
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, the self-styled MAGA Barbie and obvious WNBA diversity hire, pulled a stats feat in Sunday’s nationally televised game between her Fever and the Chicago Sky.
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What Dolly Parton meant to me: She reached back to lift others up, not get more for herself
I didn’t want to just write a Dolly Parton tribute to get my share of clicks from folks looking for something informative about her passing. I have nothing informative to offer on Dolly Parton, who passed on Tuesday at the age of 80 – she didn’t look anywhere near 80, BTW. No, nothing informative here,...
200 tires? Friends of the Middle River wrests objects from the muck
Jim Arnold, 86, scouted ahead for sunken tires from his Pelican kayak during a day-long cleanup effort sponsored by Friends of the Middle River.
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