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Local
1 year ago
Harrisonburg High School receives recognition for performance

Harrisonburg is one of 21 high schools in the Commonwealth to receive the Continuous Improvement Award: Graduation and Completion Index and Dropout Rate.

Local
1 year ago
Grand jury hearing set for McGaheysville man charged in fatal shooting

According to online records, Dustin Allen Dove of McGaheysville will appear before a grand jury next Monday morning in Waynesboro Circuit Court.

Local
1 year ago
VDOT to hold public hearing on Route 11 improvements

The meeting will take place Wednesday afternoon from 4-6 p.m. in the Dairy Barn Lecture Hall at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton.

Elections
1 year ago
Nasser Alsaadun wants to help those in need of affordable housing in The Friendly City

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

Elections
1 year ago
Laura Dent wants to keep Harrisonburg green and growing if reelected to Harrisonburg City Council

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

Elections
1 year ago
Javier Calleja wants Harrisonburg residents to know he’s ready to work for them

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

Elections
1 year ago
Deanna Reed shares her plans for The Friendly City if reelected to City Council

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

Local
1 year ago
Capital improvement plan discussed at Rockingham County School Board meeting

That included updates on renovation projects at some of the county’s schools, but current projects also showed that a new elementary school and redistricting could be on the table in the coming decades.

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Local
1 year ago
RCPS seeks community input on 2024-2029 Comprehensive Plan

Feedback from the survey will help the RCPS School Board and administrators to identify key focus areas and guide decision-making for initiatives that matter most to Rockingham County. 

Community
1 year ago
Racial disparities in HCPS discussed at Harrisonburg City-School liaison meeting

Members of the task force told the committee that the concerns they have heard are gaps among African-American students involving behavior, academics as well as social and emotional learning and how are those gaps going to be closed.