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Early voting in Virginia begins on Sept. 18: What you need to know
10+ hour, 35+ min ago (511+ words) Election Day for our 2026 midterms, and local races in Harrisonburg, Staunton and Waynesboro, among other localities in Virginia, is Tuesday, Nov. 3, but early voting begins this coming Friday, Sept. 18. In addition to the local elections, we’ll have elections for the…...
Ben Cline goes solo, as planned, at Rotary Club event: Where's the beef?
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (345+ words) Ben Cline is trying to claim that Beth Macy failed to show up for a second time to a “scheduled debate” of Sixth District congressional candidates, which, in fact, he scheduled to be a solo from the jump. “This was…...
UVA Football: Kam Robinson ‘ready to roll’ for Norfolk State on Friday night
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (566+ words) Preseason All-ACC linebacker Kam Robinson will be “ready to roll” for Friday night’s Week 2 game with Norfolk State, UVA Football coach Tony Elliott confirmed today, in his weekly pregame press conference. He’s got to get back out there at some…...
Westwood Hills Elementary School to remain closed on Wednesday
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (138+ words) Westwood Hills Elementary School will not reopen on Wednesday, as school system officials work through determining a timeline for the school’s reopening, after a shooting at the school last week. The school system, in the Facebook post, advised parents to…...
Waynesboro Police had to track down a threat to the Westwood Hills community
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (343+ words) As if the Westwood Hills community needs to worry about anything else, some clown from Harrisonburg, over the weekend, made a threat to the school that is still sorting things out from last week’s shooting that our police department had…...
UVA Football: First look at Friday night, with Norfolk State coming into town
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (221+ words) The early Vegas odds has UVA Football listed as a 43.5-point favorite over Norfolk State Friday night, which, seems fair. I don’t see the score getting run up too much, just because I anticipate that the game plan from offensive…...
A look at MLB players from the 2026 season who were born in Virginia
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (304+ words) With a few weeks left in the 2026 Major League Baseball season, 30 players born in Virginia have appeared in at least one MLB game this year. That includes seven who have made their regular-season debut this season: Trey Gibson, Bradley Hanner,…...
Virginia Tech takes care of business in opener with VMI in 73-3 win
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (541+ words) Virginia Tech wasn’t the only ACC program to open its season on Saturday with a layup drill – Syracuse beat New Hampshire, 66-3; Pitt beat Miami, 59-14. Virginia, after opening with a conference game, a 34-8 win over NC State in Week 0, gets Norfolk…...
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative planning to add to your bill
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1108+ words) Electric utilities can ask for kilowatt increases every three years from the State Corporation Commission. Currently, the A-15 residential tariff allows the Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative to charge 6.38 cents per kW up to 800 kW and 9.024 cents for over 800. Every year this…...
Soccer: Virginia controls ACC opener with Boston College, posts 2-0 win
1+ week, 1+ day ago (252+ words) Preseason #11 Virginia, off to a 1-3 start, dominated previously unbeaten Boston College from jump in a 2-0 win in the teams’ ACC opener on Friday night at Klöckner Stadium. UVA (2-3-0, 1-0-0 ACC) dictated the flow of the game in the opening 45 minutes, outshooting…...