Notebook: Ryan Odom on the win at Florida State, plus some Mailbag
UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom obviously knows a ton more about basketball than I do, but I’m not totally useless.
UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom obviously knows a ton more about basketball than I do, but I’m not totally useless.
Drought conditions are present in Virginia, and despite recent winter precipitation, it has not been enough to recharge water supplies.
In 2021, amid a global pandemic, warnings that the federal government might repurpose warehouses into detention facilities on American soil were dismissed as speculative, alarmist, even conspiratorial.
It was hoped that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, agreed upon on Oct. 10, 2025, after months of grueling negotiations, would bring an end to the horrific death and destruction that had been inflicted on Gaza by Israel for two years.
Solar can save Virginia farms if state and local government gets out of the way.

One to three inches of snow is possible in the Shenandoah Valley starting on Friday night, according to AccuWeather.
The Blue Ridge Children’s Museum in Waynesboro opened its doors on Dec. 31, and later this week, will host a ribbon-cutting and celebration.
The science-denier Glenn Youngkin isn’t our governor anymore, so, Virginia could, soon, be back in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a compact involving several states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast to reduce carbon emissions.
Ben Cline, who fancies himself a bulldog lawyer, had his bits snipped by actual bulldog lawyer Jack Smith, but we knew that was going to happen, the second the TV cameras panned to Cline.

Meteorologists are feeling more confident that the Shenandoah Valley will see six inches of snow or more starting early Saturday.