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The legalization of mobile sports wagering conditioned an entire generation of American consumers to expect instantaneous digital liquidity. Virginians fully embraced this reality back in January 2021, transforming their smartphones into highly regulated betting terminals.
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Local alternative country music band Dogwood Tales will be playing a show on Friday, Aug. 28, at Pale Fire Brewing in Harrisonburg to mark the release of their new album, “Every Star in Rockingham County.”
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It’s feeling like the 2029 governor’s race is already under way, with Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi and Attorney General Jay Jones hitting the roads to raise their profiles with voters.
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We recently reported on Bill Buck, a long-time resident of Northern Virginia who covered the Mid-Atlantic region as a professional baseball scout for the Detroit Tigers before retiring in 2015.
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This October will be the 60th anniversary of the first World Series title for the Baltimore Orioles – who have not been back to the Fall Classic, much less won it, since 1983.
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Recent rainfall has led the Virginia Drought Monitoring Task Force to recommended de-escalating drought warning advisories in 15 counties and 10 cities in the New River, Middle James, and York-James drought evaluation regions.
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Local law enforcement agencies across the state of Virginia are sharing in a total of more than $1.7 million in federal grants that will go toward upgraded equipment, specialized training, and enhanced emergency response capabilities.
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The quote from Walt Disney, “We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies,” best describes my approach to our efforts here with Augusta Free Press.
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For most of the last decade, the phrase “no purchase necessary” belonged to cereal boxes and fast food peel tabs. It was the legal fine print that kept a promotion from becoming a lottery.
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We got us some rain in the past week, up to six inches in some parts of Virginia, but we’re still not out of the woods in terms of the ongoing long-term drought.
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