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Drought update: Over for us, for now, with dry weather in the forecast
We’re officially out of the drought, after last week’s plentiful rains from the remnants of Hurricane Isaias that soaked Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County, and a wide swath of the state.
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The voters in Ward D in Waynesboro made the mistake in 2022 of not realizing that Sam Hostetter was a pretty good City Council member.
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