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Sales tax referendum explainer: What would our schools do with the money?
Voters in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro will be asked on Tuesday if they want to approve a 1 percent local sales tax to provide local money for new school construction and renovation projects in their individual localities.
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UVA Football: 51-7 is karma, and, bad news, karma ain’t done with us yet
We usually get our biggest postgame traffic after a UVA Football loss, because people know, after all these years, that we don’t sugarcoat it.
Go figure: State Police leaks details of Staunton Police shooting to friendly reporter
The details of the Virginia State Police investigation of the Sept. 22 officer-involved shooting of a Black man at the Staunton Walmart were supposedly being withheld as the investigation continues.
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Waynesboro: Gary Critzer inducted into Virginia Life Saving and Rescue Hall of Fame
If ever I’ve personally known a future Hall of Famer, it was Gary Critzer, who has been the director of emergency management in Waynesboro for 36 years, predating my time as a journalist in this market, which is saying something.
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VDOT: Local road construction, maintenance on the schedule for the week
VDOT has released its updated list of ongoing road construction and maintenance projects for local drivers.
Rockingham County: Motorcyclist dead from injuries in two-vehicle accident
A New Market man is dead after crashing his motorcycle at a high rate of speed into a pickup truck in Rockingham County on Thursday morning.
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Where the mess that UVA Football is headed over the next few weeks
The rest of you are now seeing the writing on the wall with UVA Football that I started warning you about after the West Virginia game.
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Ray Petree | Terry Funk vs. Leatherface: Two sons of Texas facing off in Japan
For the last century, the Lone Star State has been the world’s leading producer of great professional wrestlers.
ACC Basketball season tips off on Sunday with Notre Dame-Villanova in Rome
ACC Basketball is here, with a 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday tipoff for Notre Dame-Villanova, from Rome, to get the 2026-2027 season under way.
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