Augusta County doesn’t want to have to pay county employees what they’re owed
The MAGAs on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors don’t want to have to pay county employees what they owe them, so they’re trying to pressure Gov. Abigail Spanberger.
The MAGAs on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors don’t want to have to pay county employees what they owe them, so they’re trying to pressure Gov. Abigail Spanberger.
Efforts to reduce homelessness in Virginia received a $14 million boost today with 61 projects selected to support housing initiatives.
Augusta Countyans likes them some Donald Trump, but when it comes to Trump’s signature initiative, putting brown-skinned people in detention centers, while folks here are all for putting brown-skinned people in detention centers, by gawd, just not here, OK?
A highly anticipated winter storm arrived late Saturday night in the Commonwealth bringing a mixture of snow and ice.

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We don’t want whatever led to the officer-involved shooting death of Dustin Griffin, 42, in Augusta County on Wednesday night to get swept under the rug.
Miriam (Mim) Mumaw coached several women’s sports at what was then EMC in Harrisonburg in the 1960s and 1970s and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2002.
Families of all income levels are struggling to find affordable and available healthcare in the region, a new report found.
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