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2020 has been quite a year. The world is passing through a previously unreleased event and even Augusta County hasn’t managed to escape unscathed. But it’s not all bad news.

2020 has been quite a year. The world is passing through a previously unreleased event and even Augusta County hasn’t managed to escape unscathed. But it’s not all bad news.

Six years ago, a young, emaciated sei whale that normally inhabits the deep waters of the Atlantic was spotted swimming erratically in tidal rivers and creeks near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

A second COVID-19 vaccine candidate, this one from Moderna, is showing 94.5 percent efficacy based on interim data from a late-stage trial, opening the possibility of two vaccines being available for distribution as early as next month.

The 2020 presidential election may be over, but nothing has really changed. The U.S. government still poses the greatest threat to our freedoms.

The American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new president in the White House can solve the problems that plague us.

The U.S. news media still doesn’t get that it’s being played, cranking up the COVID-19 hype machine as President Trump is doing cartwheels on his way out of Walter Reed.

John Lennon, born 80 years ago on October 9, 1940, was a musical genius and pop cultural icon.

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and John Katko (R-NY-24) have introduced bipartisan legislation to protect against the influence of foreign nations that seek to weaken the U.S. electoral system and sow division through online disinformation campaigns.

Gov. Ralph Northam joined a group of 11 Democratic governors in a joint statement on recent threats from President Trump to the democratic process and reports of efforts from the Trump team to circumvent the election results.

Mary Baldwin University, bucking national trends this fall, has more students on campus than ever before.
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