
Is the middle class being shut out of home ownership?
Ask anybody looking for a new home in the Augusta County, Staunton, Waynesboro market, and you’ll hear the same story: they’re gone as soon as they appear on the market, practically.

Ask anybody looking for a new home in the Augusta County, Staunton, Waynesboro market, and you’ll hear the same story: they’re gone as soon as they appear on the market, practically.

The CEOs of Augusta Health and UVA Medical Center have a message for the community: the most recent COVID surge has their healthcare workers “at their breaking point.”

On Feb. 1, Annie Sachs, current executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County, will become executive director of Project GROWS.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin is launching a game of chicken with school boards across the state over his executive order creating a parental opt-out from school mask mandates.

The jackpot has been building for more than a month in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 with EZ Match game. Now the jackpot stands at an estimated $1 million for tonight’s drawing at 11 p.m.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin is pledging to dedicate state resources to convince a lot of the folks who put him in office to finally get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Staunton is without a city manager, at a time of year that has the city organization in the midst of its annual budget – and the reason is nothing but pure spite.

The last of three teens convicted in the murder of former Waynesboro resident Tess Majors was sentenced in New York on Wednesday.

Augusta Health is working to pivot its clinical COVID focus to aggressive outpatient management, including treating infected patients who meet criteria with monoclonal antibody infusions when supplies are available.

The Augusta County Redistricting Committee has proposed amendments and additions to the County’s voting precincts for public review and consideration.
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