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In this week’s Rocktown Now Crime Report, Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson updates us on the continuing repairs that have closed the Rockingham-Harrisonburg Regional Jail and talks about what he believes are the biggest challenges facing law enforcement today.

From 2:00 to 10:00 p.m. Saturday, local cancer survivors, caregivers, and other community members will be able to walk the track in honor of those who have beaten the disease, and in memory of the ones who have died from it.

Governor Glenn Youngkin has appointed several Valley professionals to a handful of the state’s oversight boards.

United Way director Amanda Leech said that the day helps the volunteers as much as the organizations they’re serving.

June is National Pollinator Month, and the Friendly City is hosting several events to celebrate.

Broadway Town Council is setting the record straight after months of speculation about the sequential exit of town managers and the town’s finances.

In a release today, spokesperson Matt Demlein announced that announced that Lieutenant Colonel Tricia Powers is retiring from her position as the Director of VSP’s Bureau of Administrative and Support Services.

Part of Damron’s duties include maintaining the FA-18 Super Hornet – widely regarded as one of the military’s premier fighter jets. Each jet starts with a price tag around $66 million dollars.

The city announced Thursday afternoon that Warner is leaving the department to become the chief of police in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania – a move that allows her to return closer to home.

The jury spent most of the afternoon deliberating whether to convict Davis on two counts of abduction by force after she was accused of locking students in a class bathroom as a form of punishment in September of 2021.