Allison Brophy Champion

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A suicidal man who fled after getting injured in a crash caused early morning rush hour traffic jams along a major commuter route in Culpeper County Thursday morning. U.S. Route 29 on both sides was closed for nearly five hours as a large law enforcement presence converged on the scene to find and safely take him into custody. No one was injured.

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Nancy Lagasse epitomizes tenacity and grit with her dogged determination to educate the public about living with a disability. A golden girl in a motorized scooter, the Culpeper resident is never without a golden service dog by her side, resources to share or a smile. The former registered nurse educated at Georgetown, mother and grandmother lives independently with Multiple Sclerosis since being diagnosed more than 25 years ago.

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Voting started last Friday in the single race June 17 Republican primary for the 62nd District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. The dueling candidates’ last names are both tied to early American history and while both claim to be conservatives differences emerge in their campaigns. First time political candidate Karen Hamilton is a homeschool mom of three children and a college educated civil engineer who lives in Orange with her husband, Cameron Hamilton, a Trump Administration official.

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1 week ago | starexponent.com | Allison Brophy Champion

The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors adopted a 2-cent increase to the real estate tax rate for Fiscal Year 2026, beginning July 1, at its meeting Tuesday morning. The new tax rate will be 43-cents per every $100 of assessed value, a cent less than then the advertised rate. An equalized rate, to account for a more than 17 percent increase in property assessments this year, would have been .41-cents.