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Tracy Pyles: Augusta County raises your taxes, again
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (674+ words) Raising taxes in Augusta County used to be unusual, unnatural. No more " it's now as regular as dogs barking, though much more irritating. So, what happened? The only plausible explanation is that our supervisors are all Republicans, and they like…...
Pop-up clinic served 585 of region's most vulnerable residents
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (190+ words) A pop-up clinic held last weekend in Augusta County provided free services valued at more than $330, 000 to 585 patients. The Remote Area Medical clinic was hosted by the RAM campus chapter at the University of Virginia. The two-day event on Saturday…...
Cancer survivor files suit against UVA professor over treatment
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (601+ words) An Augusta County woman has filed a $5. 5 million lawsuit against a Central Virginia radiologist and UVA School of Medicine professor alleging he carried out what the suit terms to have been, in effect, a "non-standard third round of radiation" for…...
Update: New insight into proposed Augusta County 'clutter' law
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (326+ words) We've got fresh insight into the thinking of Augusta County leaders regarding the proposed addition of the word "clutter" to the local law regarding nuisances that has the attention of some folks who wonder if it's something that could be…...
Argenbright construction fraud case continued until May
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (440+ words) An Augusta County judge on Wednesday granted a defense motion to continue the construction fraud case of realtor Amy Argenbright until May. Defense attorney Thomas Weidner IV, who was hired by Argenbright in December, told Judge Shannon Sherrill that he…...
Two men arrested in shooting that killed Buffalo Gap student
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (506+ words) Two men, both not strangers to law enforcement, are in custody in connection to a Feb. 18 fatal shooting in Augusta County that left a Buffalo Gap High School student dead. Agereon Dondell Price, 51, of Staunton, and Anthony Shamon Washington, 46, of…...
Remote Area Medical clinic returns to Augusta Expo in March
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (313+ words) Tens of millions of folks still don't have health insurance, despite Obama Care, which the Trump regime is trying to get rid of, with its concepts of a plan. Tens of millions more are stuck in healthcare plans with high…...
Augusta County: Two victims in shooting on Maple Leaf Drive
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (143+ words) The Augusta County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting in Staunton with two victims. Police have not released any information on a possible suspect or the severity of injuries of the victims. The shooting occurred at approximately 7: 45 p. m. on Maple Leaf…...
Tracy Pyles: Fear and loathing in Augusta County
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (661+ words) 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. We have a local church presenting polarizing political…...
Augusta County: What happened on Dec. 17 on Parkersburg Turnpike?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1314+ words) Dustin Griffin was shot five times in the torso by one Augusta County sheriff's deputy, before a second deputy who had been wrestling with Griffin during the service of an arrest warrant at an address on Parkersburg Turnpike on the…...