Why were Virginia Dept. of Health officials who supposedly were specifically trained for a possible respiratory pandemic so unprepared for thi…
FOR local baseball fans, the dream has come true at last. On Tuesday, May 11, the Fredericksburg Nationals will play their first home game aft…
The Fredericksburg City Council is now considering building a new school (which will cost upwards of $35 million) but council members admit th…
Virginia’s new Redistricting Commission said earlier this month that although the commissioners will get new census data delayed by the corona…
According to the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, one source is responsible for at least 1,000 power outages per year, which takes a large t…
State legislators expressly excluded public servants who work for the commonwealth from their new public collective bargaining law for politic…
The essence of local control is that residents of a particular jurisdiction should be able, through their elected representatives, to decide w…
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The General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill patroned by Del. Lashrecse Aird, D-Petersburg, that bans the use of facial recogn…
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The temptation to throw away the mask and trade elbow-bumps for hugs grows stronger as spring progresses. Please remember, though, that it’s n…
Gov. Ralph Northam has asked the General Assembly to set aside $250,000 to hire outside help to investigate State Inspector General Michael We…
An unexpected silver lining in the pandemic cloud that has been hovering over the Fredericksburg region for over a year comes courtesy of a $3…
The promise of Easter is eternal life with a loving God who was willing to suffer and die for us, but who also vanquished death by rising from…
A bill requiring social service agencies in Virginia to actively include extended family members and longstanding family friends in any foster…
Something's wrong when the Virginia Court of Appeals has to step in and overrule a Stafford Circuit Court judge’s decision to grant bond to de…
The goal should be to still allow people to rent out their Lake Anna property short-term while at the same time protecting the lake.
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 Sen. Tim Kaine has a better idea for Pell Grants. Actually, he had it two years ago, but it seems like an even smarter move now.
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Spotsylvania supervisors will no doubt have to skimp and make do in some areas to keep the property tax burden as low as possible, but law enf…
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As Fredericksburg slowly recovers from the economic punch landed by the coronavirus pandemic, the city needs the tax revenue and the 35 jobs t…
On Feb. 26, the General Assembly gave its final approval to a compromise bill that automatically seals records of nine misdemeanor charges if …
There’s no money to be made at the DIII level. There’s about a billion on the table for the NCAA when the big guys play. That’s why the undefe…
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Instead of just talking about the lack of affordable housing in Virginia, the General Assembly is finally doing something about it. Earlier th…
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