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Local
1 year ago
Waynesboro High School AP Government students to volunteer as election pages

They will aide local election officials by helping to manage voter flow and offering general support to ensure a smooth and efficient voting experience for the community.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Grottoes Police Department looking for decor theft suspects

Officials say they believe the activity took place throughout the town early this morning between 1:30 and 3 a.m.

Local
1 year ago
Shenandoah National Park announces plans for Veterans Day

Project Healing Waters volunteers will lead programs at Dickey Ridge Visitor Center (mile 4.6) and Byrd Visitor Center (mile 51) from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Visitors can learn and practice fly-casting and fly-tying.

Local
1 year ago
Virginia Clean Cities, a JMU partner, receives $3.5 million EPA grant

The Mid-Atlantic Nitrous Oxide Reduction Program II (MANOR II) will run for two years. UPS has matched the EPA grant with $13.9 million.

Elections
1 year ago
Hung Cao wants Virginians to know he’s ready to serve them if elected to U.S. Senate

HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — The following is a transcription of an interview with […]

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Elections
1 year ago
Tim Kaine shares his plans for The Commonwealth if re-elected to Senate

HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — The following is a transcription of an interview with […]

Local
1 year ago
DOE awards clean energy grants to cities, including Harrisonburg

The Friendly City will get $1 million in grant funding for Outreach, Education and Technical Assistance Training on Equitable Port Electrification, under the ‘Clean Cities Outreach, Engagement, and Technical Assistance’ funding topic.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Hearing delayed for Page County man charged in connection with Elkton murder

Timothy Thomas Comer was supposed to have a status hearing to appoint council; however online records showed that it was continued until Nov. 22 in the Circuit Court.

Local
1 year ago
Harrisonburg Public Works releases 2024 leaf collection schedule

Annual curbside leaf collection starts Nov. 12 and runs through mid-December, weather permitting.

Local
1 year ago
Former Staunton pharmacy pleads guilty to medication theft

In a 13-page filing issued yesterday in US District Court in Harrisonburg, Niquelle Alyshia Madden is waiving her right to a trial and is pleading guilty to the federal charge. She faces one count of theft of a pre-retail medical product.