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– Severe thunderstorms moving through Southern Rockingham and Northern Augusta County Friday evening, downed power lines and trees and caused damage to buildings in the Bridgewater area.

Representatives from the poetry center have been invited to share their work as part of the Literacy in a Digital Age lecture series in April 2025.

According to Harrisonburg Public Works, ramp, sidewalk and concrete improvements are starting today at South Main Street and the Grattan Street cut-through – near the city’s World War I memorial.

Dr. Kelly Troxell, Augusta County Schools’ Personnel Director, told the board this has been a popular move for quite some time.

The Rockingham-Harrisonburg SPCA is accepting online bids for this jewelry, art, home goods, gift certificates and other items through 7 p.m. on May 7.

Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson has a roundup of this week’s arrests, calls and other activity by the Sheriff’s Office, and talks about anonymous reporting service, Crime Stoppers. If you have a question for Sheriff Hutcheson, send it to news@rocktownnow.com.

The process has been in the works since 2021 when the Virginia Environmental Quality Department put up a $9.25 million grant to Virginia properties for electric school buses.

David Rudmin, 42, was arrested after showing up at the school in January displaying anti-LGBTQ+ signs, which he argued was a form of religious expression, in response to a recent student protest at the school.

GROTTOES, VA (Rocktown Now) — The town of Grottoes will be hosting a Kids […]

EMU Provost Dr. Tyneisha Willingham said on the Mike Schickman Show that the ceremony kicks off at 1 p.m. on the front lawn, where graduates will hear from three featured speakers.