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Week in Review: Grove residents protest lack of information on proposed substance abuse center...WJCC School redistricting map…
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Grove residents protest planned 200-person substance abuse hospital
It’s Sept. 4. Developers ask to defer planning commission decision until they can meet with residents. York County hires help to study development near…
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WJCC schools offer plan to control screen time
It’s Sept. 3. Today: School discussions about when and where to use tech. Details on academic performance and the gap between city and county students…
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School challenges -- WJCC redistricting and York’s potential $500 million+ building bill.
It’s Sept. 2. WJCC redistricting committee recommends keeping August version of attendance zones. Consultants tell York they will have to rebuild most…
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Conversion of Yankee Candle to slide park appears to be off
It’s Sept. 1. Permit to convert the old Yankee Candle building into an indoor slide park expired...How a graduation party turned into shooting that…
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August 2026

Bluffs at Kiskiack proposal pits northern James City residents vs. landowner rights
It’s Aug. 31. The proposed Bluffs at Kiskiack project raises “tough choices”, Vice Chair Larson says. Local schools review redistricting, screen time…
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Week in Review: Vape shop raids and complaints...Massive battery storage plant planned for BASF land in southern James City...SOL scores…
Good morning! Here are some of the stories we covered for you this past week:
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Police say hundreds reported vape shops selling to minors in James City County
It’s Aug. 28. One of the two vape shots raided last week was busted two years ago, police say. SOL scores at local schools still haven’t recovered from…
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Developer of planned battery storage unit says residents have nothing to fear
It’s Aug. 27. Taneska Energy to host community meetings in Grove to reassure residents technology is safe. 76-year-old man arrested for child…
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3d grade SOL scores rise at local schools
It’s Aug. 26. Williamsburg-James City County and York schools showed improvement; York leads in latest state test results. Suspect in Williamsburg…
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Suspect in Williamsburg teenager’s shooting death turns himself in
The suspect in the shooting death of an 18-year-old boy turned himself in to the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail Monday night, the York-Poquoson…
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Massive battery storage site planned on abandoned BASF site in Grove
It’s August 25. An Omaha company wants to build a 650-megawatt battery storage site it says would inject $1 billion into the economy and $90 million in…
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