Augusta County: Updated VDOT road work, maintenance schedule
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We have the updated schedule for road construction and maintenance in Augusta County from the folks at VDOT for the week of June 8-12.
Search Results for Waynesboro
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Augusta County: Authorities searching for woman reported missing on Friday
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The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Brittany Ann Craig, 28, who was last seen on Friday at 6:30 a.m. at 607 Calf Mountain Road in Waynesboro.
Community Foundation makes $631K in grant awards to local nonprofits
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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge announced its 2026 community grant awards at an event at the Holiday Inn in Staunton on Wednesday.
New HUD report shows us that homeless population locally, statewide, growing
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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.
Podcast: Are we about to lose the other of our local newspapers?
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It was odd that Waynesboro and Staunton were each able to maintain their local daily newspapers for so long, given the realities of the media market, but we couldn’t keep the good thing going forever, it seems.
Stamp Out Hunger will provide 120K meals for local people, families facing food insecurity
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Locals donated more than 120,000 pounds of food during last month’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, which will provide 120,000 meals for local families facing food insecurity.
Scam Alert #4080: Random people who call you on the phone can be shady
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There are, as we know, plenty of people out there trying to scam folks out of their hard-earned money and life savings.
Why are News Leader stories now showing up on local competitors’ websites?
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I’m not sure why I need to continue my digital subscription with The News Leader anymore, now that News Leader news articles are appearing on the websites of The News Virginian and The Daily Progress.
VDOT: Road work, maintenance in Augusta County scheduled this week
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VDOT has released the updated schedule for road work and maintenance in Augusta County for the coming week.
Back in the day: Sports Illustrated used to be the highlight of my week
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A big reason I was attracted to journalism was Sports Illustrated, which is, sadly, hanging on by a thread, with another round of layoffs announced on Friday taking out most of what the once-great magazine has left.
