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A power outage caused by a fire at a substation outside Waynesboro put thousands of Dominion Virginia Power and Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative customers in the dark – and in the cold – on Saturday.
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The Waynesboro Police Department has arrested an Augusta County man on multiple charges from three other jurisdictions after a brief standoff at a city residence earlier today. Joshua Daniel Isaksen, 32, was wanted by the Sheriff’s Departments of Augusta County, Nelson County and Rockbridge County since Nov. 3.
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A Nelson County man pled guilty today to multiple federal charges for the sale of illegally poached bear organs, the sale of fighting gamecocks, the possession of protected migratory birds, and the distribution of marijuana
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A Nelson County woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon (May 4, 2012) in Lovingston. At 1:18 p.m., Virginia State Police Senior Trooper J.D. Allen was called to the scene on Route 29 at the intersection of Business 29. A 2003 Toyota Avalon was northbound on Route 29 and was making a left…
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Virginia State Police with the assistance of Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control agents seized approximately 5,400 marijuana plants with a street value of $16 million in Nelson County today. The day began with the discovery of a significant crop of marijuana in the Schuyler area of the county. Investigators confiscated 5,204 marijuana plants from…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Nelson County has been awarded $1,826,646 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to expand broadband Internet service in rural areas of the county. The funding for the Nelson County Broadband Project was announced by Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello on Thursday. “These stimulus funds give a major boost…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: The guy who owns the adult video store in Staunton He couldn’t ask for better pub for his fledgling enterprise. Seriously.
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Story by Chris Graham Candidates for the six of the seven seats on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors that are up for election on Nov. 4 took part in a candidates forum held at Verona Elementary School Thursday night. The forum, sponsored by the Augusta Community Partnership, focused on issues related to agriculture and…
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The Nelson County-based Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue is participating in the sixth annual ASPCA® Adopt a Horse Month, a nationwide adoption event taking place throughout the month of May to help more equines find loving homes.
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A Waynesboro man, previously convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Nelson County girl, is now charged with rape in Augusta County.
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