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It is a truth universally acknowledged that politicians as a class are scoundrels. Yet as you narrow into the local and concrete, an electorate’s opinion of its own officialdom is usually not so dire.
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Burnout is no longer just a workplace complaint. It has become a full-scale public health crisis that cuts across industries, age groups, and career stages.
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There’s a lot to like about the look and feel of Downtown Staunton, but there’s also a lot of rough around the edges.
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Back in the 1950s, in the United States, even a whisper of sympathy for Russia or the Soviet Union was unthinkable and seen as almost traitorous.
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A 19-year-old man from Waynesboro is being held without bond after a crash that left another driver with serious injuries.
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A University of Maryland education professor and author wrote, straight-up, that a person of color with the academic credentials of the new UVA president, Scott Beardsley, “would never get a top presidential appointment.”
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Plans are under way to transform a portion of the southbound travel lanes of U.S. Route 11 in Staunton to a shared-use path.
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A legislative bill was introduced in the Virginia General Assembly that aims to address bullying and cyberbullying in schools in the state.
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Work will begin on Monday to install a new traffic signal in Rockingham County at Island Ford Road and Route 340.
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Local media has largely ignored the slow walk investigation into the Dec. 17 shooting of an Augusta County man by a sheriff’s deputy, but, man, give ‘em a local jewelry-store heist to write about for clicks, and cue the feeding frenzy.
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