Virginia aurora alerts: The cloud gap decides a lot
An aurora alert in Virginia rarely stays on the forecast page for long. Somebody wonders whether the field north of Staunton beats the backyard in Charlottesville.
An aurora alert in Virginia rarely stays on the forecast page for long. Somebody wonders whether the field north of Staunton beats the backyard in Charlottesville.
Virginia spent years arguing about casinos. Then sports betting arrived, sweepstakes-style gaming platforms expanded, and lawmakers found themselves debating rules for products many residents barely knew existed a few years ago.
The Washington Nationals, with a 9-1 lead going into the bottom of the eighth, were six outs away from a three-game sweep in San Francisco.
Nelson Chittum played professional baseball from 1956-1964, pitching in two games with the Boston Red Sox in 1958, and in 27 games with the St. Louis Cardinals the next two seasons.
I’m trying to figure out what is going on with the list of appointments to various college and university Boards of Visitors that we got from the office of Gov. Abigail Spanberger at the end of the business day on Friday.

The 2025 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released last week tells us that 745,652 people were homeless on the night of the Point-In-Time Count in the final week of January 2025.
Donald Trump promised Americans they would get tired of winning. If this is what winning looks like, America can’t afford much more of it.
Virginia has only one player from their roster declaring for the 2026 NBA draft, and its Nigerian center Ugonna Onyenso.
No surprise here, that Matt Augustin, a 6’3” righthander who was only used seven times in 2026 by the new UVA Baseball coaching staff, is in the transfer portal – one of three ‘Hoos to enter the portal on Monday.
This guide walks you through how to plan an East Coast road trip starting in Virginia, what the driving actually feels like, and the small logistics that catch first-timers off guard.
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