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Waynesboro: Seems out of whack, what we pay the guy who runs the school system
I wonder if Waynesboro taxpayers know that they are paying the guy who manages the $65.7 million school budget more than they pay the guy who manages the $167.5 million budget that runs the entire city government?
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Missing person alert: Augusta County authorities searching for runaway teen
The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance with locating a runaway juvenile who was last seen Tuesday at his Mount Sidney home.
Augusta County sheriff defends .005 percent success rate of Flock cameras
Our elected Augusta County sheriff, goes by the name Donald Smith, is going out of his way to prostrate himself on the altar of Flock.
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Butterfly Festival: Celebrate, mourn, whichever, the flight of the Monarchs
The parks and rec departments in Charlottesville and Albemarle County are teaming up to help us cope with the pending end of Monarch butterfly season here locally.
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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.
Hampton Roads predicted to be hit hard by storms this week, entire state may see heavy rain
Strong wind gusts and heavy rain are expected this week due to storms that are predicted to impact major U.S. cities along the mid-Atlantic coast.
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TV networks call Trump’s bluff, pull pool coverage of president in response to CNN ban
The TV networks are finally (!) doing what I’ve been suggesting since the early days of Trump 1.0, announcing on Monday that they’re not going to have a camera at Trump’s beck-and-call anymore.
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TV networks call Trump’s bluff, pull pool coverage of president in response to CNN ban
The TV networks are finally (!) doing what I’ve been suggesting since the early days of Trump 1.0, announcing on Monday that they’re not going to have a camera at Trump’s beck-and-call anymore.
Is Trump working to cut back clean air protections in place since the 1970s?
Yes, Donald Trump is moving fast to unwind federal air-pollution and climate safeguards, with many changes to take effect before Trump leaves office in 2029.
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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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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.
UVA Football: In depth first look at this weekend’s opponent, Delaware
Vegas has the UVA Football team as a 20.5-point favorite over Delaware, which, gotta note here, beat Coastal Carolina by eight, and led Vanderbilt at the half down in Nashville.
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Police: One dead in officer-involved shooting at Staunton Walmart
The details are very sparse, but we can confirm that a male subject has been confirmed dead in an officer-involved shooting at the Staunton Walmart on Tuesday.
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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