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UVA Football: The 2026 Virginia roster is the most experienced in the country
Fun factoid from a recent ESPN column: the UVA Football roster will be the most experienced in the country this season.
Firefighters union censures Gov. Spanberger over her vetoes of collective bargaining
The 365,000-member International Association of Fire Fighters voted on Wednesday to censure Gov. Abigail Spanberger over her vetoes of collective bargaining legislation.
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Albemarle County: Darden Towe Park closed due to damage from storms
Albemarle County Parks & Recreation announced on Saturday that Darden Towe Park will need to be closed “for the immediate future” due to damage from the line of dangerous storms that rolled through the area on Friday.
Waynesboro: DEQ is going to make us guess when the next Northrop Grumman hearing is
It appears that I’m going to have to keep fighting a stupid battle with the Virginia DEQ to get them to tell us when the follow-up public hearing on Northrop Grumman pollution permit ends up getting on the schedule.
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Equality Virginia: ‘Virginia’s leaders have a choice’ on gender-affirming care
The two hospital systems in Virginia where trans teens could get gender-affirming care had already folded last year under pressure from the Trump administration.
Families raise issue with Cao, Hegseth over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, between sets of pushups, has had his focus on getting the woke out of the U.S. military, getting the press out of the Pentagon.
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JMU Baseball: Dukes welcome new pitching coach, Christian Bourne
JMU announced in late July that Christian Bourne, a former pitcher for the Dukes, will be the new pitching coaching. Bourne has been on the coaching staff at Radford.
Pro boxer battered in 2015 match in Northern Virginia dies from injuries at 33
A former contender in the pro boxing ranks whose career ended in a disputed DQ loss in a 2015 match in Northern Virginia that left him in a vegetative state died on Thursday.
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UVA Football: The 2026 Virginia roster is the most experienced in the country
Fun factoid from a recent ESPN column: the UVA Football roster will be the most experienced in the country this season.
Albemarle County: Darden Towe Park closed due to damage from storms
Albemarle County Parks & Recreation announced on Saturday that Darden Towe Park will need to be closed “for the immediate future” due to damage from the line of dangerous storms that rolled through the area on Friday.
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