Crystal Graham: Top stories from 2025 include coverage of mental health, homelessness, more
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In case you missed them, Crystal Graham prepared a roundup of her top stories from 2025 on Augusta Free Press.
Search Results for housing
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My Christmas message: We need to stop following Trump’s lead on hating each other
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My liberalism has me wanting Medicare for All, including MAGAs, because all of our lives are better if we all have access to the same level of healthcare as the 1 percent.
Virginia home sales down in November, but prices, counterintuitively, holding strong
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The Virginia home-sales market cooled a bit in November, per data from the November 2025 Virginia Home Sales Report released by Virginia REALTORS® on Monday, with closed sales down 5 percent year-over-year to November 2024.
Donald Trump thinks he’s better than you: And you let him get away with it
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Something hit me when I heard Donald Trump utter his latest gutter comment about Ilan Omar, a Somali-American in Congress, dismissing her because her homeland, Somalia, to Trump, is “about the worst country in the world.”
Report: Rising childcare costs, limited availability put strain on local families
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Families of all income levels are struggling to find affordable and available healthcare in the region, a new report found.
Nehemias Velez: Shared solar puts power back in the hands of the people
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One important way Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger can lower utility bills while bringing more energy online is to implement her platform’s proposal to expand Virginians’ access to shared solar.
Mark Warner, no surprise here, announces U.S. Senate re-election bid
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Mark Warner is leaving nothing to chance, rolling out a list of endorsements from pretty much every elected Democrat in the Commonwealth of Virginia as he launched his 2026 U.S. Senate re-election bid on Tuesday.
UVA Health donates to four nonprofits in Charlottesville, Culpeper, NOVA
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Four nonprofits will benefit through a donation from UVA Health to honor its more than 18,000 employees during the holidays.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: December 2025
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Fresh off a decisive election win, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy, vowing energy affordability for regular ratepayers, boosting in-state power generation, and forcing data centers to “pay their fair share.”
Virginia: Suicide-prevention organizations get $4.5M in federal grant funding
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Suicide prevention efforts for veterans in Virginia received a boost today with $4.5 million in federal grants announced to support their mental health.
