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Spanberger launches new advisory council on jail, prison reforms
The office of Gov. Abigail Spanberger is taking applications from people interested in serving on a new advisory council dedicated to advancing jail and prison reform.
UVA Football: The defense will once again be the foundation in 2026
Betcha didn’t think about how the UVA Football defense was the backbone of the 11-win season in 2025.
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Harrisonburg: Health District, Sentara offering back-to-school clinics
The Central Shenandoah Health District and Sentara Community Cares will provide back-to-school vaccinations and sports physicals for rising seventh- through 12th-graders and sports physicals at events in Harrisonburg over the next two weekends.
Waynesboro School Board lays out its plan for a rush job superintendent search
The Waynesboro School Board is going ahead with a plan to name a new superintendent by late October or early November, which, not coincidentally, would fill the job before the Nov. 3 elections for two open seats on the five-member public body.
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Data analytics guru has Virginia with an outside shot at a 9-2 map after midterms
A funny thing happened on the way to Republicans overturning the 10-1 congressional map: a new forecast has the midterms solidly going 8-3 Dems in November, with a decent shot at a 9-2 finish.
Poll: Too many of us would still support candidates accused of bad stuff, just because
The headlines from a Politico poll released this week stressed how most MAGA voters say they would still support a Republican candidate accused of domestic violence and sexual assault.
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Former NBA star Chris Bosh to Wemby on blood clots: ‘Take your medicine’
As a fellow pulmonary embolism survivor, the item involving Chris Bosh, whose career was cut short by a PE, giving advice to Victor Wembanyama, whose 2024-2025 season was cut short by a blood clot, was going to get my attention.
MAGA chode Clay Travis challenges WNBA champs to game with high school boys team
Clay Travis, famous for being a MAGA dumbass, is upping the ante in his nonsense effort to get the defending WNBA champ Las Vegas Aces to play a boys’ high school basketball team – saying he would pay out $10 million to the winner.
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Staunton: Benefit performances of Devout to feature soap opera stars
ShenanArts will present four performances of Devout, a new original play by native playwright and director, Sherry Ramsey, and featuring Grant Aleksander, Michael O’Leary and Robert Newman, actors from the TV soap opera “Guiding Light.”
Harrisonburg: Health District, Sentara offering back-to-school clinics
The Central Shenandoah Health District and Sentara Community Cares will provide back-to-school vaccinations and sports physicals for rising seventh- through 12th-graders and sports physicals at events in Harrisonburg over the next two weekends.
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