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This is about the Board of Supervisors meeting and how it went when talking about Pride during the "Matters presented by the public." #pride #augustacounty #augustacountyva #lgbt #lgbtq #bigotry #boardofsupervisors
"50 years ago in America stuff like this was never thought of"
How unchecked dog whistles and bigotry divide us more in rural towns.
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August 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Augusta County Library votes no on having Pride program in 2027 due to worries that the Board of supervisors would not allow it. Please take a moment to watch/read the article and respond to the poll at the end.
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Augusta County: Pride 2027
Many had come together as a community to amplify their voices for the Northrop Grumman meeting at the Waynesboro High School last Thursday night.
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July 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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The Tess Majors Foundation is sponsoring four paid summer positions for local high school students at Project GROWS, the Augusta County nonprofit focused on connecting locals to nutritious food.

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April 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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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.

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Mark Historic Garden Week with tours of Staunton, Augusta County
The Augusta Garden Club is hosting a local event in conjunction with Historic Garden Week, with tours set for Saturday.
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April 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in finding a guy wanted in an incident from a week and a half ago.

News travels slow in these parts, apparently.

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Augusta County: Man wanted in March incident still on the lam
The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in finding a guy wanted in an incident from a week and a half ago.
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April 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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The Augusta County Board of Supervisors has a public hearing on a rezoning request in Fishersville on its schedule for its April 22 meeting.

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Augusta County: Rezoning request scheduled for BOS meeting
The Augusta County Board of Supervisors has a public hearing on a rezoning request in Fishersville on its schedule for its April 22 meeting.
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April 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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A local blog is getting some tongues wagging with the idea that Augusta County leaders may have been approached by a group about interest in locating a Minor League Baseball team inside our borders.

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Could Augusta County be in the mix for a Minor League Baseball team?
Augusta County leaders may have been approached by a group about interest in locating a Minor League Baseball team inside our borders.
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April 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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If you wanna hear the whole thing or at least most of it… was a damn good speech. We appreciate you stopping by.
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March 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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March 28, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Our average Augusta County reader: not offended by the president posting videos of the Obamas as apes, Ben Cline calling a Senate Democratic leader a “clown."

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It’s OK for Trump to bully people: Fight back, you’re the bad guy
The average Augusta County reader: not offended by POTUS posting videos of the Obamas as apes, Ben Cline calling a Dem leader a “clown,”
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February 27, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Michael Shull thinks Augusta County having three people in Congress instead of one is somehow a bad thing.
Seriously, Riverheads District folks, this is the best you can do?

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#augustacountyva #Virginia #Redistricting
Augusta County leaders debate blocking early voting in referendum
Michael Shull thinks Augusta County having three people in Congress instead of one is somehow a bad thing.
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February 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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I’m still trying, and struggling, to get a handle on our expanded congressional map here in Augusta County.

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Updated primer on impact of redistricting on Augusta County
I’m still trying, and struggling, to get a handle on our expanded congressional map here in Augusta County.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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The seven-MAGA-member Augusta County Board of Supervisors is against putting an ICE detention center in the county, but the 70 percent Trump-lovin’ populace in the county needn’t worry.

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Augusta County reaffirms support for racism, sexual assault, guns
The seven-MAGA-member Augusta County Board of Supervisors is against putting an ICE detention center in the county.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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At least one more person got out of a traffic ticket due to the issue with an Augusta County sheriff’s deputy “not properly displaying the badge of authority at the time the summonses were issued."

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Augusta County: Another got a ticket erased due to badge issue
At least one more person got out of a traffic ticket due to the issue with an Augusta County sheriff’s deputy.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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In Augusta County, good people are more afraid of our supposed protectors than our supposed lawbreakers. We have a MAGA Board of Supervisors turning back a MAGA initiative for fear of backlash.

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Tracy Pyles: Fear and loathing in Augusta County
In Augusta County, good people are more afraid of our supposed protectors than our supposed lawbreakers.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Chris Runion represents a House of Delegates district that stretches from the Blue Ridge to the West Virginia state line.

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Nobody asked Chris Runion about the Augusta County ICE center
Chris Runion represents a House of Delegates district that stretches from the Blue Ridge to the West Virginia state line.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Glenn Youngkin, on his final full day as governor, appeared to try to rush the sale of the former Augusta Correctional Center property to a mysterious New York City-registered LLC.

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Youngkin tried to rush sale of Augusta Correctional Center
Glenn Youngkin, on his final day as governor, tried to rush the sale of the former Augusta Correctional Center property to a New York City-registered LLC.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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The Trump regime is looking at the shuttered former Augusta Correctional Center in Craigsville as a possible location for an ICE detention center.
I hate to say, this one is too easy to make happen for it not to end up happening.

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Trump looking at Augusta Correctional Center as ICE detention site
The Trump regime is looking at the shuttered former Augusta Correctional Center in Craigsville as a possible location for an ICE detention center.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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The Hidden Treasures Residential Living facility in Stuarts Draft closed on Jan. 16, following the administrator’s voluntary surrender of her license to operate by the Virginia Department of Social Services.

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Augusta County assisted-living facility evacuated after license issue
The Hidden Treasures Residential Living facility in Stuarts Draft closed on Jan. 16, following the administrator’s voluntary surrender of her license.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Augusta County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tim Martin, in the matter of the Dec. 17 officer-involved shooting of Dustin Griffin, is acting like a defense and civil attorney for the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.

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Presume a civil suit in Augusta County officer-involved shooting
Augusta County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tim Martin is acting more like a defense and civil attorney for the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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The fifth video in the Dustin Griffin shooting apparently doesn’t capture the moment a deputy shot Griffin in the back of the head.

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Dustin Griffin case: Video evidence lacking on the shot to the back of the head
The fifth video in the Dustin Griffin shooting apparently doesn’t capture the moment a deputy shot Griffin in the back of the head.
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January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Almost everything about what happened the night of Dec. 17 in the shooting death of Dustin Griffin, 42, has been answered, with a Friday night media dump by the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.

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Augusta County sheriff releases bodycam video in Dec. 17 shooting: Case closed?
Almost everything about what happened the night of Dec. 17 in the shooting death of Dustin Griffin, 42, has been answered.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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The good-‘ol boy network in Augusta County, predictably, is intent on protecting the shield, at all costs.

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Augusta County leaders vote, again, to protect the shield
The good-‘ol boy network in Augusta County, predictably, is intent on protecting the shield, at all costs.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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The family of an Augusta County man shot and killed by two sheriff’s deputies on Dec. 17 is “seeking transparency, accuracy, and basic human dignity” in the investigation into what happened that night.

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Family of Dustin Griffin: 'We want answers,' not 'premature conclusions'
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January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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The actions of two Augusta County sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed Dustin Griffin on the night of Dec. 17 were “not only justified, but entirely necessary.”

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Augusta County: Prosecutor exonerates deputies in shooting
The actions of two Augusta County sheriff’s deputies who killed Dustin Griffin on the night of Dec. 17 were “not only justified, but entirely necessary.”
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January 8, 2026 at 12:58 AM