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Augusta Free Press launched on July 2, 2002, our goal at the beginning being to springboard from digital eventually into a weekly print paper. Which never happened, probably fortunately for us.

Augusta Free Press launched on July 2, 2002, our goal at the beginning being to springboard from digital eventually into a weekly print paper. Which never happened, probably fortunately for us.

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Daniel Parks, an urgent care physician with Augusta Medical Group, coordinated the organization of the Waynesboro Assessment Center.

Wildlife laboratories up and down the East Coast are trying to figure out what is killing blue jays, crows and related bird species, said Ed Clark, the founder and president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro.

Community is defined as a feeling of fellowship created from common goals, attitudes and interests. And Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro illustrate that definition on a regular basis by coming together in times of need and despair.

BRITE Bus, which provides fixed-route and ADA-compliant paratransit services in Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro, will resume collecting fares beginning on Monday, July 5.

Augusta Health is vaccinating everyone age 12 and older who lives, works or goes to school in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks.

The Augusta Regional Dental Clinic is working to increase its capacity by 40 percent this summer, allowing the clinic to offer 210 new appointment slots per month to Medicaid patients from the Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro area.

The Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals will conduct public hearings at 1:30 pm, Thursday, July 1, in the Board Meeting Room, Augusta County Government Center, 18 Government Center Lane, Verona.

The Central Shenandoah Health District and localities will be hosting a Community Information Team starting Tuesday to support COVID-19 vaccine outreach efforts throughout the health district.
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