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While frozen conditions disrupt life on the street level, plants and grasses are insulated from extreme cold as slow-melting snow provides steady moisture and atmospheric nutrients.

Due to forecasted weather conditions this weekend, James Madison lacrosse’s season opener against #1 North Carolina will now be played on Friday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. at the Sentara Park turf field.

Paul Helmuth, a 35-year emergency services veteran who currently serves as fire administrative officer and deputy emergency coordinator with the Harrisonburg Fire Department has been appointed director of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Communications Center.

James Madison men’s basketball fell, 64-61, to the Louisiana Rajin’ Cajuns on Wednesday night at the Atlantic Union Bank Center.

Ashanti Barnes (10) and Peyton McDaniel (9) combined for 19 of James Madison’s 26 fourth-quarter points to hold off Southern Miss for an 83-72 road win in Sun Belt Conference women’s basketball action on Wednesday night inside Reed Green Coliseum.

EMU Men’s Basketball takes down Route 42 rival Bridgewater, 70-49

The Staunton Montessori School will be relocating from Fishersville to Staunton this summer.

Two individuals were taken into custody over the weekend after an investigation into dogs being kept outside in freezing temperatures.

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Mount Sidney man on alleged rape charges.

After waiting 4 months, Elkton resident Greg Hansbrough has found a living liver donor.