The governor called on NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy to freeze residential electricity rates for six years and triple monthly customer bill credits as conditions of any merger.

James Madison men’s basketball was selected to finish second in the Preseason Sun Belt Coaches Poll, while Preston Fowler and Gage Lattimore earned Second Team All-Conference honors and K.J. Windham was named Third Team All-Conference, as announced by the league on Monday afternoon.

For the fourth consecutive season, James Madison women’s basketball was voted the top team in the Sun Belt Conference, while Bree Robinson (First Team), Zakiya Stephenson (Second Team), and Grace McDonough (Third Team) collected Preseason All-Sun Belt nods, as announced by the league on Monday afternoon.

Brittany Clem-Hott has been named Harrisonburg Tourism Manager effective Monday, October 26.

The Virginia Department of Health is reporting a confirmed case of measles in a resident of the Northwest Region, in Harrisonburg.

Sergeant Jessica Shehan says at approximately 8:55 p.m., Virginia State Police responded to a crash on Flat Rock Road.

Rockbridge County Sheriff Tony McFaddin says on Thursday, October 15, 2026, his office and Lexington City began investigating a commercial burglary that occurred overnight at the Orchard Creek Exxon in Raphine.

Meet Socks and Little Red, our RHSPCA Pets of the Week.