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Following a historic season, in which James Madison won its first Sun Belt Conference championship and earned a berth in the College Football Playoff, former head coach Bob Chesney was named a finalist for the 2025 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year.

Massanutten Regional Library and Pale Fire Brewing Co. will host events on Saturday, January 17, 2026.

One of the owners of Mr. BBQ in Fishersville was severely injured in a horse incident last week.

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation awarded organizations for the maintenance of forested buffers.

Sheriff Chad Cubbage stated that the program officially launched on December 31st and was one of his goals as part of his commitment to transparency and professional policing.

James Madison trimmed a 13-point deficit to 64-62 with two minutes remaining, but could not complete the comeback, as the Dukes fell to Marshall, 66-64, at the Atlantic Union Bank Center on Wednesday night.

Georgia Southern women’s basketball shot 55.2% (32-of-58) from the field, including 72.7% (8-of-11) in the fourth quarter, for a 78-70 victory over James Madison inside Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center on Wednesday night.

The Augusta County Sheriff’s deputies involved in a fatal shooting last month will not be charged.

James Madison University, in partnership with CGI, will welcome the first cohort of nine fellows into the Bridge2AI program at a January 14 orientation event in Lebanon, Virginia. 

The sale includes the turkey processing plant in Dayton, which employs more than 1,000 people.