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Staunton: Residents raise issues with proposed Morris Mill Road rezoning

Residents of two Staunton neighborhoods are raising issues with the city over a proposed development that would put three four-story, 35-foot-tall apartment buildings on property currently zoned industrial.

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Media Beat: Our local news desert is that one reporter more deserted now

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Missing person: Charlottesville Police searching for woman last seen on Aug. 24

The Charlottesville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 24-year-old Anna Sophia Kissler, who was reported missing on Sept. 28.

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Harrisonburg: VDOT sets Oct. 15 public information on Interstate 81 widening project

VDOT has scheduled a public information meeting for Thursday, Oct. 15, to give folks a chance to learn more about and weigh in on the ongoing Interstate 81 widening project in the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County area.

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Crypto super PAC putting money behind Ben Cline, Suhas Subramanyam

A cryptocurrency super PAC is committing money to back 32 U.S. House candidates in the 2026 midterms, including two Virginia incumbents, one on each side of the aisle.

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Staunton: Interstate 81 lane closures overnight Tuesday into Wednesday

VDOT, per a release, will be closing the right lane on Interstate 81 southbound between Exit 222 and Exit 221 from 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, through 7 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7.

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Staunton: Construction under way on south end Route 11 improvements

Construction began last week on improvements to Route 11 on the southern end of Staunton, extending from the intersection with Route 1049 (Rolling Thunder Lane) through the Route 262 interchange to the Staunton city limits.

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Reese Bull | The Trump administration is trying to rig the U.S. Census

The GOP is trying to reshape the workings of government by changing Census procedures without the consent of Congress or the voters. 

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Gene Zitver | Ben Cline dodges the truth about Trump’s $5,000 check pledge

Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline makes some pathetic and half-hearted efforts to distance himself from Donald Trump in the final weeks of the 2026 election.

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Fifth-generation Wytheville farm delivers pumpkins to the Spanbergers

The folks at Richdale Farm in Wytheville made a 257-mile special delivery of a couple dozen pumpkins to the front door of the Executive Mansion in Richmond on Monday.

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Staunton: Chance to learn more about proposed Greenville Avenue road project

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Augusta County: The finance director is gone. What happened there?

Augusta County government has been operating without a director in its Finance Department since Sept. 9, and there are two stories circulating as to what is going on there.

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DEQ quietly approved the Northrop Grumman Waynesboro pollution permit

Northrop Grumman got its state operating permit, and pretty much everything it wanted, in terms of no oversight for its Waynesboro spray-coating operation, from Virginia DEQ on Wednesday.

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UVA Football: Why Tony Elliott needs to consider a change at quarterback

UVA Football coach Tony Elliott has a quarterback problem, and if he doesn’t get it fixed, to use his favorite word these days, his boss, the athletics director, Carla Williams, might soon have a money problem.

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Arizona Fall League: The next wave of Virginia baseball prospects

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UVA Football: Every time Tony Elliott pledges to ‘fix’ things, you take a shot

If you didn’t watch the game, or look at the score, or the stats, you would have thought, after listening to UVA Football coach Tony Elliott talk with the media, that his team was thisclose to pulling off a big road win at Florida State.

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Former VCU star Tyron McCoy has had long hoops career in Germany

For Tyron McCoy, a high school basketball star in South Carolina in the early 1990s, the fourth time was the charm when picking a college.

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Crypto super PAC putting money behind Ben Cline, Suhas Subramanyam

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Staunton: Interstate 81 lane closures overnight Tuesday into Wednesday

VDOT, per a release, will be closing the right lane on Interstate 81 southbound between Exit 222 and Exit 221 from 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, through 7 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7.

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Staunton: Construction under way on south end Route 11 improvements

Construction began last week on improvements to Route 11 on the southern end of Staunton, extending from the intersection with Route 1049 (Rolling Thunder Lane) through the Route 262 interchange to the Staunton city limits.

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Reese Bull | The Trump administration is trying to rig the U.S. Census

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Gene Zitver | Ben Cline dodges the truth about Trump’s $5,000 check pledge

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Letter to the Editor: Suggestions for changes at the top in Waynesboro Schools

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Alon Ben-Meir: Gaza shattered the myth of the ‘Most Moral Army’

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Why retirement planning works better when your benefits work together

Retirement planning often gets reduced to a single question: how much have you saved? That number matters, but it can hide a bigger problem.

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How to build a more reliable digital setup for work, entertainment, and everyday life

Most of us have built our digital lives one piece at a time: a laptop bought for work, a phone replaced when the old one gave up, or a camera picked up for a trip.

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How AI search is changing the way you find information online

You’ve probably noticed that search results don’t look the way they did a few years ago. Instead of ten blue links and a lot of scrolling, you now get summaries, direct answers, product comparisons, and follow-up prompts.

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Unique sports-inspired gifts to celebrate every passion for the game

Choosing a gift for a sports enthusiast can be more meaningful than simply finding something with a team logo.

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The most in-form players across the U.S. leagues

The U.S. has some of the greatest sporting leagues in the world including staples like the NFL and college football.

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