2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (150+ words) The North River Ranger District is planning prescribed fires in George Washington and Jefferson National Forest beginning Friday and running through the weekend. Prescribed fires planned for the area include: The public is reminded to watch for warning signs along…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (156+ words) The Augusta Garden Club is hosting a local event in conjunction with Historic Garden Week, with tours set for Saturday at 10 a. m. and 1 p. m. beginning at John Moxie Memorial Stadium in Staunton. The shuttle tour begins just minutes from Downtown Staunton and…...

19+ hour, 8+ min ago  (202+ words) The awful case involving the Albemarle County babysitter and music teacher accused of sexual assault against children just got materially worse. Albemarle County Police announced on Thursday that 32 new charges are now on file against Maxwell H. Mandell, 24, of Crozet. In…...

19+ hour, 35+ min ago  (535+ words) North Carolina had money to pay a basketball coach, just obviously didn't think Hubert Davis was worth it. UNC is committed to paying Michael Malone, who has never been a head coach at the college level, an average of $8. 5 million…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago  (353+ words) I think that almost everyone agrees that Ryan Odom exceeded expectations in his first year. However, I have a lingering concern about the offensive scheme he ran this past season, which is the lack of assists. The Tennessee game (a…...

21+ hour, 46+ min ago  (141+ words) The two massive floods in Downtown Staunton in the summer of 2020 caused millions of dollars in damage continue to get our attention six years later. The city government has been working on a Flood Resilience Plan, with a draft plan…...

22+ hour, 2+ min ago  (365+ words) More than half of Northern Virginia business executives are bearish on the national economy, which, OK, the business types wanted Donald Trump, they got him, and now they're having buyer's remorse? The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce released the details…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (330+ words) VDOT has been working since 2020 to try to figure out what to do with the dormant Norfolk Southern-owned rail corridor between Broadway and Front Royal. No offense to the folks at VDOT, but I've been writing about transportation projects for…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (464+ words) Listen to this story: 2: 43 Iran got Donald Trump to agree to a two-week ceasefire in which the Iranians basically give up nothing, and actually secured the right to charge tolls on ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz " and Ben Cline…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (162+ words) Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news,…...